Quotes About Fame

'Outside' came in '60. 'The Edge' in '61. All three made Gold, but the biggest seller was 'Inside.'

I didn't want to go to Golden State. I didn't want to go back in Steph's shadow.

Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.

We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.

I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.

There's no way to eloquently put this. I just can't go to the mall. It bothers me that I can't be outside very often. And also to not ever be just 'some girl' again. Just being some chick at some place, that's gone.

I'm gonna be famous forever.

There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity.

I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.

I'm safe where I'm at just being the guy where people go, 'That's a really good actor. What's his name again?' I liked being at that place.

I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.

Now, with social media, it's a whole different world, which is good and bad. Back when I was in college, when there was no Twitter, no one knew what Vera Wang looked like - there was no face to the brand.

I read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it.

Being on TV, there's good and bad, like anything else.

I am not about glamour, fame and all that comes with it, so now that people know me so much, I think I have a responsibility to give them back and set a good example.

Today, most big stars want scripts to be written in a particular way, show them in a certain light. They want people to like them for various reasons. It's all about how much people will like me in this film than about whether it's a good film or not.

Bo Derek is a really good friend of mine, and I'd like to spend more time with her.

I have always been the first on the dance floor. Before fame, people thought it made me a good laugh; now, people point and call me an attention seeker! I'm very aware of the way people can view me, but I'm very aware that I have to just enjoy my life.

I'm a good manager, but a bad celebrity.

There was a time when all that mattered was that you were in a good movie.

It's funny being the big news every day - and the good news every day.

Being a 'legend' doesn't make you a good person.

Don't make your living with cinema because Hollywood will take you, will eat you, will destroy you. This is the reality. You have a good picture, have success, you take the person and they destroy you.