Quotes About Fame

Joel McHale is so money, he should be printed on money.

My dad came to Korea one time, and then he pulls out a whole bunch of my headshot prints. He's like, 'Amber, you need to sign all of this for me because all of my friends want these.' I guess that's when I kind of realized I was 'famous.'

I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That's just me.

If we had our priorities straight as a country, we'd consider leaving fame behind a mark of wisdom and character.

Music was never a priority for me, and I seriously do not know how I got so big.

I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.

I do get stopped in the street, and people are always, without exception, really polite. I think it's because they think I can send them to prison.

I didn't realize how famous I got since I went to prison. I got fan letters, but I didn't realize it blew up like that.

I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.

Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.

For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public, but it's just not really my personality, and it's not really why I'm into this. I like making art, and that's it. I don't really want to be a celebrity, seriously. I like my privacy.

It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.

Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.

When a show becomes a mega hit internationally, you lose a lot of privacy, you become a hider. It's not a human condition we are exposed to very often.

You can't buy your privacy back. Because I was already doing OK, and to have this abstract amount of money now, I cannot buy my privacy back.

I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world.

Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of privacy and invasion.

If people are constantly reading about you, and you're overexposed, they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded.

I want my son - and my kids, if I have more - to grow up in a way that is as anonymous as possible. The fact that his father and I have chosen to do the work that we do doesn't give anybody the right to invade our privacy.

I enjoy having my privacy and not seeing my face on the cover of everything, y'know?

I wouldn't like to be that famous, I value my privacy. Mind you, Miss Piggy enjoys every moment of it. If it were not for me, she would spend all her time in the limelight.

After becoming an actor, it's the privacy that I miss.

I don't want to have anything to do with that: just the fame without personal respect for your privacy.

Just like anyone else, I want privacy at times, but I understand that I am a celebrity.