Quotes about Famous
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Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
Being famous is complete luck, and that's something you can't bank on.
I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them.
I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years - you've got to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and then go on your merry way and start again, in a sense, and that's what I've been doing.
In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?'
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher.
Popstars really draws you in. It's fascinating. It's interesting to watch people thrown together in that kind of a situation. Even if the egos weren't involved and they weren't trying to be world famous. It's the Real World, only better.
Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out.
Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.
By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books.
I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.
When our daughter was born, a light went on for me - there was more to life than what I was doing. It felt like being famous for being a paint salesman. It wasn't the dream I was sold on. I'd had enough of it.
You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.
When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.
You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.
One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique.
Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.
I'm busier than ever and it's led to new opportunities. But I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.
I actually don't feel famous.
I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.
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