Quotes about Famous

“We don't feel like we're famous. We just feel like we're doing what we love.”

“I certainly don't think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, it's even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely.”

“I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.”

“We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.”

“I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'”

“I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.”

“Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.”

“People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for.”

“Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.”

“In American military cemeteries all over the world, seemingly endless rows of whitened grave markers stand largely unvisited and in silence. The gardeners tend the lawns, one section at a time. Even at the famous sites, tourism is inconstant.”

“Dr. King's famous 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered at 'The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,' a call to justice beyond the traditional civil rights movement's focus.”

“I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.”

“Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.”

“And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.”

“One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.”

“After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.”

“I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.”

“Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity.”

“Stardom can be a gilded slavery.”

“Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.”

“I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.”