Quotes About Fame

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

All these rappers on stage and Martha Stewart has done the most jail time.

I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.

I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.

They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.

Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame.

I do have to step out and take time to let people know that I'm Ronnie Dunn and not Brooks and Dunn.

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

I find that when you see somebody in the tabloids all the time, you have no desire to see them in movies.

It was bloody difficult getting followed around all the time.

I wish my parents had spent more time worrying about my education than me being a star.

Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes.

A film star is a kind of public monument, and everyone's staring at them, and they've kind of got railings around them, and they're rather miserable most of the time.

How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?

I have had some pretty wild nights! I think the media keeps a very close eye on what people are up to these days. I was out with George Clooney a few nights ago and we had a great time.

The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.

If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.

But sure the eye of time beholds no name, So blest as thine in all the rolls of fame.

And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.

There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically.

Babe Ruth was the home-run king of his time, but also the strikeout king.

To be fair, it's not even the first time I've seen a dead version of myself. There was one on Harry Potter, on the last movie, that they actually used to bring to set in a body bag.

It tickles me, my daughter said that to me. She said, "Mommie, why is it that every time they say your name they put your age right behind it?"