Quotes About Fame

Apparently there isn't a profession in Berlin for which you can't get famous.

If you shared your happiness with journalists, you shouldn't be surprised if they were interested in your misfortune as well.

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

I don't know if you guys know this but I'm sort of a big deal.

Mick Jagger does it and, well, of course he does—he's Mick. Phil Collins does it and what an arsehole.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

People tell me they idolise me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a very tortured soul.

Some people make headlines while others make history.

But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled."

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

the more famous an expert was, the less accurate he was.

My TV show enraged people. I had prostitutes on, and I treated them like real people.... I was fired from Maclean's after I wrote a piece called 'Let's Stop Hoaxing The Kids About Sex'. Now I'm the 'beloved author,' the 'beloved historian of Canada,' an icon. I get standing ovations.... I never set out to be a patriot or a popular historian. I just liked storytelling. [interview promoting Marching as to War (2002)]

To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.

I used to have visions of flashing lights and red carpets.

I used to have visions of being a star all the time, but I never knew I wanted to be a rapper.

Mick Jagger visited us backstage and told us how much he liked our show. Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts came back too, and they wanted to get their pictures taken with us. Bill Wyman knew our chart positions. I couldn't believe it.

I spend more time being what I am: a writer, not the visiting celebrity.

I was living with my mom in a tiny apartment in Chula Vista, near Third and H Street behind the 7-Eleven. It was crazy to be on the phone with Stevie Wonder. I felt like a meteor hit our apartment!

Marilyn Monroe and Vivienne Leigh are real icons of mine. In terms of visual culture, they are both so iconic. There weren't any paparazzi shots of them falling out of taxis, so they will always look so incredible.

One has to be always be on guard, because mega-success comes up behind you when you're high from all the attention, and sucks the vitality out of one's creativity.

Giving in to your ego is one of the oldest stories in the showbiz book. But so is figuring out how to stay vivid.

When I get recognized for 'Twilight,' it's usually a teenage girl, and they're usually really loud. So it certainly feels like I get recognized the most from that, but it could just be because of the nature of how vocal those fans are.

I get called Harold the most. I think maybe 'Harold & Kumar' fans don't know my name, and 'Star Trek' fans do know my name... Harold fans are vocal!

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist.