Quotes About Fame

I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.

You're an actor - people judge you and criticize you, and praise you and say you're great in equal measure.

It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do.

Fame is a lot of fun, but it's not interesting. I loved being noticed and praised, even the banquets. But they didn't have anything that I wanted. After about six months, I found it boring.

Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.

I like the Kardashians, but I do keep them on the top of my prayer list.

All these interviews I'm doing - this is the kind of stuff that I was dreaming about doing when I was younger. I was praying for people to want to write about me. I wanted people to hear my music. I wanted to perform. I wanted to be on billboards.

John Lennon made wonderful music, which people listen to as music. Nobody around the world is living their life according to the precepts of John Lennon.

The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'

I am fortunate to be successful. People's love is precious to me. I can never take that for granted.

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

Celebrity despicability is a precious thing.

Life is too precious to be squandered for fame or love.

Usually, when people hear my last name, before they really get to know me or work with me, there's probably a lot of preconceived notions that come with that. And I imagine most of them aren't good. Because for every wonderful second generation of a famous person, there's people that aren't that way. More entitled people.

What I learned was that celebrities come to me with a preconceived notion. They think I'm fun, or they've worked with me, or they know me, or we've met. So there's a lot of backstuff on the 'Vicki!' show.

I'm from Cleveland. I don't have any famous parents. I don't have any media training, I don't have a history in the industry to where I would have any preconceived notions of how I'm supposed to be.

You can never predict a hit.

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

I am not looking for fame. I prefer to have a normal life.

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be.

It's nice when women fancy me, but I think I will only disappoint them so I prefer it if they don't know who I am.

I have a lot of admiration for people willing to face the public, but I'd prefer not to.

I really felt like I finally made it. Having your first fake pregnancy rumor. It was really awesome. I feel like it's part of what happens in this business, but that's a real one. That's a cool one to get.

I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.