Quotes About Fame

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

If Elvis Presley had been a bowhunter, he'd probably be alive today.

Jerry [Garcia] got high and Jerry's dead. I went hunting and I'm still Ted.

I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.

I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.

A root is a flower that disdains fame.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

To be a legend, you've either got to be dead or excessively old.

If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.

I spent twelve years training for a career that was over in a week. Joe Namath spent one week training for a career that lasted twelve years.

I would be very proud if, one day, I'm held in the same esteem as George Best or Beckham. It's what I'm working hard towards.

I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.