Quotes About Fame

I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.

I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood.

People have been watching me since I was eight. They've been watching me grow up, so they feel that connection with me.

It's interesting: I've been doing this since I was 17, and it's kind of weird to see yourself grow up on television.

My mother is an actress, and my aunt Margaux was a model. And it's funny, as much as I'm all about I'm my own person, and I'm making my own name for myself, I have grown up in a world where most of these people who are like me are children of famous parents. So it's easy to become the socialite and be famous for that.

Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'

Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them.

Just because you sell millions of records it doesn't guarantee bums on seats.

Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your values can get distorted. And the way you break through is, you just keep it personal and keep it simple and basic.

I would rather be a security guard than a rock star.

You're a sitting duck in a mall if you're a celebrity. It's like that scene from 'Guarding Tess,' I think it is, where Shirley MacLaine goes to the mall just to feel good about her celebrity.

I can't even go to the mall anymore. I have to bring 17 security guards... or it feels like it.

I don't have big security guards. I don't have an entourage.

I guess it's flattering that everyone believed I was those characters, but it also is dehumanizing.

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows.

The stalkers can get a little scary at times, but I guess all these things are a part of being famous.

I finished 'Bigg Boss.' Why should I go on the show again? What is the need for it? If I have to go in the 'Bigg Boss' house, I will go as a guest, exchange pleasantries and leave.

I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.

I've been been on the cover of TV Guide, on every single talk and entertainment show except Letterman. It's interesting being older and dealing with this kind of success. I'm more appreciative of it now, and I don't take it for granted.

You go from nobody looking at you to people taking second looks. I remember really loving it - and then feeling so guilty for loving it. Like, 'That's gross, Kristen.' Also, telling myself it could go away at any moment, and I'd be so sad.

If I wanted to be a celebrity, I would have taken guitar lessons.

I feel weird talking about it, because how can I, as the guitar player of Slipknot, sit here and say, 'Oh, I have trouble.' You know what I mean?

I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.

Go big or go home.' I used to say that. I was addicted to that. The lifestyle, the fame. The girls. The parties. And with that came a lot of people who didn't really care about me. They were just leeches. Just very bad people. I had to learn a lot. I was very gullible.