Quotes About Fame

I've always said that if I couldn't be myself, first I'd want to be Eminem and then a Disney kid.

I wasn't a kid trying to become famous. I wasn't a part of any Disney Channel wheelhouse. I was basically a black kid whose parents put him into the business so he could go to college.

We were a band way before we ever did anything with Disney.

Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.

I think people are interested in celebrities because it's easy, disposable entertainment and it's fun escapism.

I feel like a lot of people disregard the scrutiny that people like us are under.

The Champions Club demands the legend of Dr Disrespect be told.

Give yourself a healthy bit of distance between your fame and reality because they are two different things.

I knew 'Crenshaw' had elevated me and distinguished me.

Acclaim is a distraction.

To make a film and to sell it to the distributors you need a name.

The name of a district or a commissionerate should be what the country and the world identifies it with.

If someone was walking round in a T-shirt with Sarah Lancashire on it, I'd find that very disturbing.

I think the era of the diva actress is coming to an end.

I loathe the word 'celebrity,' and I hope I'm not a diva. Whenever I see diva-ish behaviour, I just leave the room; I find it appalling. You should always try to be civil to people.

I've done a lot of movies, but none of them that have blown up the way that 'Divergent' did.

The fact I am the most expensive player is not a burden.

I think, at one point, I'd been in the five most expensive movies ever made - not that I had large parts in them. 'Apocalypse Now' was one.

When you're an experienced celeb - which I am - you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you're not 'on'. I'm always on!

What people think when they see me on TV is that they're experiencing me but they're not.

So far my career in movies didn't take off because I don't have a lobby to support and sign me. That's the only explanation I have. But people love Rakhi Sawant.

Anyone can look good if you have 500-flash bulbs exploding in your face.

In my mind, I don't really see myself as being famous. I just think my work is being exposed to a bigger audience.

When I was born, mom wasn't doing films at all, so I was never exposed that much to the world of acting.