Quotes About Fame

You can spend your whole life trying to be popular, but at the end of the day, the size of the crowd at your funeral will be largely dictated by the weather.

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

It is nice to be recognised for actually achieving something in life as opposed to spending seven weeks in a house on TV with a load of other muppets.

Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.

We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

If you have a level of expectation in your life that you have to be a quote-unquote star, whatever that means, you might be setting yourself up for failure.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

I try as best as I can to have a normal life. People recognise you, of course, and that's very strange. But I sort of leave my working life behind when I go home. That's my other world.

I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.

I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.

I can't just be the girl who sang 'I Kissed a Girl.' I have to leave a legacy.

The biggest hit of my life is Agneepath. My second is Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and the third biggest hit is Dhoom 2

I have been a depressed kid. I wanted to lead a quiet life, never wanted to be an actor.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

Being a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing.

Don't go on American Idol, I think you'll spend the rest of your life living it down and I think it's getting kinda scary, isn't it?

I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting.

I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.

Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don't have a happy home.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.

Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life.