Quotes About Fame

American society loves to prop people up and then take them down.

You have to have a big ego in this world to propel yourself in front of the cameras, to sit behind the microphone, to believe that you can entertain millions of people.

I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.

Fame changes you and I suppose I stopped biting my lip for a while. I started to point out when people weren't doing their job properly.

I don't want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.

What's awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That's scary, and they just seem to think it's okay to do it, like you're public property.

As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, 'Don't write about this.' I am an actor; I am a public property. I don't own myself; public owns me.

Every time you look at a house in Los Angeles, the real-estate agent will tell you that someone famous once lived there. It always seemed irrelevant to me: Does a property gain value just because Alfred Hitchcock used to eat breakfast there?

I've had enough of being public property.

I'm public property, the public put me where I am. They own me.

'American Idol' became a juggernaut of epic proportions, but to me it was always like home.

Fans used to write love letters to me, but I havent had any marriage proposals.

A fan proposed to me several times.

It would be nice if we could all agree to this proposition: popularity is not the same as achievement.

I'm experiencing a lot of new things in life - cars, houses, jewelry - and getting the family situated. I've been dealing with fake friends, though, like a lot of people trying to come around. There are pros and cons to this fame thing.

No matter what I do, I'll be forever known as the Manson prosecutor.

The prospect of being immortal doesn't excite me, but the prospect of being a materialistic idol for four years does appeal.

Well, there are more job prospects after 'Love Island'.

'Aashiqui 2' and 'Yeh Jawaani' were hit films, especially the former film in which I was the protagonist.

Whenever the protagonist of the film becomes bigger than the hero of the film, the film is bound to become a hit.

I protected Eddie. He never had to fight, because people knew who his older brother was.

I think people should be protected from being made to feel that they want to know what somebody famous had for breakfast.

You can't keep away from the public too much, but you had to be protected to some degree and I saw that in Paul a lot. People were obsessive about the Beatles. It's a hard thing to have to deal with being that famous.

When one chooses a life as a public personality they give up certain levels of privacy but in one's home and intimate moments everyone should be protected.