Quotes About Fame

I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.

I'm amazed that years after I stopped playing tennis, people still recognize me in restaurants and ask for my autograph.

Even though now I'm pretty popular in my country and tennis is the No. 1 sport, and I'm very flattered that the people recognise me and come up and give me compliments, I'm more a person who likes to have privacy and peace.

I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.

I believe India has multi-talented people, so I have also embarked on my journey as an actor. I don't need to be a celebrity, since tennis has already given fame to me.

You have to be realistic. I'd love to be more famous, have lots of people supporting me, people knowing my name, but I need a tennis racket or a golf club or to play football. Being a female, I don't stand a chance.

It's crazy how it is. I mean, I go from being not known to, you know, being so known in the tennis world, in Canada in general.

I go from being not known to being so known in the tennis world, in Canada in general. It's going to be a little bit of a change to me. I'm going to have to adapt. But that doesn't change things. I still have to work really hard every day.

There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.

I understand popular entertainment better than anyone. I want to have the world's No. 1 tennis player, the hottest movie, the biggest artist.

The majority of people don't even realise I was a tennis player. The older you get, the less people remember what you did before.

People ask me, 'Are you the tennis player?' They don't treat me like a movie star. If you are a movie star, people go crazy. They don't go crazy around me.

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

I remember the defining moment when I first realised I was famous. I was in Africa staying in the little tent city there by the Masai Mara River. Two guys with spears looked at me and said, 'Frasier?'

My tenure has been abnormally long for the average Disney kid - most only last three or four years.

I know a Bollywood actress' tenure is limited.

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.

'Doctor Who' would be overnight fame that would last for three years, and then what? I'm in this for the long term.

There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to.

In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself.

I feel that in spite of having a big launch with 'RNBDJ' and the film doing well for me in terms of getting appreciation, I don't think it made me the next big thing.

It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

My life has shifted to different levels financially, in terms of fame as a result of being blessed enough to be able to share my music with the world, and what that has done for me. Despite all of that, I always want people to listen to my music and be able to relate to it as well as to me.

Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.