Quotes About Fame

No one in Switzerland knows me as the Swiss Machine, and that's good, because I don't like it.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

I can't take the subway anymore. I think I can still take the bus, though. It's a double-edged sword because I'm grateful that people recognize and support me, but there are definite downsides to that.

There's two sides to the sword. It's like, for as many people that love you, there's all the people out there who hate you.

Fame is very much a double-edged sword.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

Fame can be a double-edged sword, and you have to take the bad with the good. The highs are incredibly high, and the lows can be incredibly low.

The benefits from stardom as Klinger outweigh any setbacks. It's a double-edged sword. What makes you famous is what interferes with getting other roles.

I sometimes wish I had a good 'one syllable, one syllable' name, like Brad Pitt.

Being a sex symbol had its advantages. You got to meet a lot of interesting people, and men especially. It was a man's world in those days, and I had a lot of luck with men.

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable being considered a sex symbol, especially after you work with someone like George Clooney.

I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up.

I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don't have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that.

I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.

I don't think I'm going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I'm not going to be an international sex symbol.

Just because of 'Rangeela' and 'Daud,' it can't be said that I am a sex symbol.

I'm quite cool about my sex symbol image. It's nothing to be proud of or ashamed of.

I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.

I wouldn't want to be known only as a sex symbol. I wanted to be known as an actress equally or even more so.

When people say, 'You're perceived as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so absurd.

You'd be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn't a sex symbol somewhere.