Quotes About Fame

If you're hard-working and meant to be loved by millions, you'll have it.

For the most part, having more money and more fame make your life harder. It just does. I've seen it happen with people. You know, it's so hard to stay normal. It's so hard to stay happy. It's hard to remember why you were doing what you did in the first place.

I was always a funny person. I thought I would play some good ball, and the Harlem Globetrotters would see me, and that would be it - fame.

My brother is a great actor. Just because he doesn't harp about his achievements, people don't talk about his work.

The thing about Prince Harry is that he has no choice. He's not some egotistical rock star who wants loads of attention. That is his life. He didn't ask for it, but he just has to deal with it.

Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.

Not to be harsh, but why do we care so much about celebrity acceptance of Christian beliefs?

I know that there are no famous 'Doug Harvey plays.' And I'm proud of that.

I'm the first has-been star singer ever to sing with the circus. I mean, Presley sang with the circus, but that was before he became a star.

Let's face it, I'm a has-been.

The world is a dangerous place and I've had a nice fanbase without any of the hassle.

I go to Buzzfeed and 'Huff Po,' IMDB, 'Deadline.' And then I just Google myself, like 'Aasif Mandvi in a hat,' and see what comes up.

When 'Wherever I Lay My Hat' went to number one in 1983, I was still driving a green Viva HC that my dad had given me. People would see me drive past and say, 'It can't be him,' but you don't get any money until about six months after a record is a hit.

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.

I love the attention and I hate the attention, you know? It's not always good for your soul.

People wrote about me and started calling me a star, and I just hated it. There are aspects of it that are great - I mean, you can ring up any restaurant and get in, can't you.

There's nobody, possibly, who could have hated 'Octomom' more than I.

Angry fans, it's part of - well look, if you don't have haters, you're doing something wrong.

I am never going to be very Hollywood because on one hand half of Hollywood hates me, and on the other hand half of them love me.

In L.A., when I was there, I really felt beloved. But the minute you get out of there, it's like everyone else hates you.

I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

I have fun, but I don't always want it to be on camera.