Quotes About Fame

When you're in a public profession like I was, and you stop doing it like I did, people think you're either crazy or dead.

It's a business you go into because you're an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because it's not their profession to do that.

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.

The word 'star' is misused. A good film will never fail. And if you have become an actor to become a star, then your reason of being in this profession is wrong. It amounts to abusing the art.

I always wanted to be a good actress and a serious actress. I wasn't in the profession to, quote-unquote, meet the stars.

Growing up with a famous father, and one who mastered his craft, it's one of those things where, do you really want to be in the same profession? I can't imagine the pressure on, say, Michael Jordan's kids. But for me, I think it's molded me into the character that I am today.

Michael Jordan was criticized. Barry Bonds was criticized. Some of the greats in every profession have been criticized. Not everything is peaches and cream.

My profession has never demanded that I be mobbed by fans.

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

It went from 'I was a nobody on the street, just another person.' It turned into something completely different. People were coming up to me, they knew who I was us, requesting pictures.

People say that when you become famous you're growth is kind of stunted. That kind of makes sense because you are around people who are just agreeing with you and leading you into different places and you don't really make many choices for yourself.

Do you want to be famous, or do you want to have actual money to take care of your family down the line? I'd say it's a case by case call there. Some guys fight for different reasons. What do you fight for? Do you fight for this reason or for that reason.

When you have celebrity, it's a whole different thing than being an artist.

People approach you in a different way when you're a celebrity - some are nice, some are not nice.

There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and own you, and there can be something quite cornering about that.

You can be involved in media, and you can be involved in all the handbag hurling that goes along with it, and it's a different world.

Things work very differently in Bollywood. There is a lot of camping there.

I think we all have different ways with coming to terms with celebrity if you're raised within it. Everyone goes through it differently, and there's no one right answer.

The constant attention is what is so difficult.

Success can be a very difficult thing to deal with.

I think the fundamental issue with comedians is everyone wants to be a famous comedian. That's a really difficult thing to achieve in comedy.

People seem to sometimes have a difficulty drawing that line between the character and the person.

Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption.