Quotes About Fame

I'm not a celebrity, I'm a person, and when fans call me Diego, it's easier to remember that I'm no better than anyone else.

When your best friend dies, and you're crying on the balcony, and TMZ is taking pictures of somebody comforting you saying, 'Ooooo, scandalous' - that's the worst part of fame.

The cult of celebrity turned me off, and when the opportunities came along for me to play different characters, that's what I went for rather than the safe choices.

They treat you as if you are a different kind of human or life form when you are a celebrity - as if we don't breathe the same air, or we don't bleed the same - and I hate that. I really hate that.

Some people have this crazy talent that makes you tap into a human side as well, even with all their fame.

Courtney Love is so famous among journalists for her loquaciousness that the joke is that you don't have to worry about questions when you interview her - just be sure you have lots of tape.

I know I've probably got a massive target on my back now, because everyone wants to be better, to beat me.

You put yourself in the public eye. You're kind of an open target.

When you get famous, you become a target for things, like lawsuits. People will take advantage of your fame.

Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

Growing up in New Orleans as Archie Manning's son, I felt like a target, and I've always known that whatever I'd do, people would hear about it. So I've had my guard up, and maybe that's molded my personality.

If I am just, like, on a run by myself, I've never been stopped. Even if I'm at Target buying my own action figure, people would not believe that it's me. I actually was like, 'This is me!'

One of the first places I was ever recognized after 'The Office' came out was at Target in Los Angeles. Someone came up to me, and she said, 'Are you Phyllis from 'The Office?'' We were in different aisles, but she had recognized my voice.

If you sign a big contract, everybody knows. They're going to print it in the paper. It's on ESPN. You can go online and check player salaries and all that. You're a target.

As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.

Professional athletes, most of us came from the streets. We feel like we know the streets and can pretty much protect ourselves. But now we're in a position where we're being targeted, and the stakes are just too high.

I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.

In essence, big stars come with a set image, and breaking it becomes a task for certain stories.

I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

I've had my taste of intense fame, and I've got it out of my system. Now I'm free to choose parts which fulfil me in different ways.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?'