Quotes About Fame

The name Albert Murray was never household familiar. Yet he was one of the truly original minds of 20th-century American letters.

In a year's time, I was able to start a brand name and make it a household name. That's The Situation.

I want to show people that I can be a household name.

Being a household name throughout boxing, that matters to me.

I don't really like being asked how I feel about being a 'household name.'

She was just Ma, and I didn't grow up in some kind of acting dynasty: Orson Welles didn't come round and give me a piggyback; Vivien Leigh never read me a bedtime story. It was just my mum and our housekeeper, whom I adored, and after that, it was boarding school.

I'm a real housewife.

I feel like on the 'Housewives,' my family stuff was really out there.

I had never, ever thought about being on any 'Real Housewives' show, so it was interesting to actually be on one.

'Desperate Housewives' worked out beautifully. I went out for that before it began airing, and no one had any idea it was going to turn into what it did.

I love watching the 'Real Housewives.'

These other cities, soon as I walk out, they going crazy like I'm a boy band. But Houston people are chill. We can see Beyonce and be like, Aight cool.

I've had dinner with two Beatles and a Rolling Stone;I've said 'hello' to Whitney Houston and shared a cab with Larry Adler.

I think that once you open the door and allow people in on a certain aspect, it's very hard to then control how far that ripple effect is. So I think that the person who is known or famous has the ability to decide what they do or don't want to share.

Ask Frank Stallone how far your name gets you.

It's kind of crazy to see how many people actually listen to my music.

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

How many people get to say a '30 for 30' is being made about them?

Outside of the gay world, I don't know how many people know me.

When we were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I asked the guy who runs it, 'How many people in here have had only two albums?' He could not think of one person.

I don't care about how many times somebody recognizes my face.

At the end of the day, you're just another person in society. It doesn't matter how much fame you have. It doesn't matter how much money you have.

You have to get in the limelight based on what you do, how creative you are, and not how much money you make.

I've seen my name on marquees and bowed to standing ovations. I've also been called a fraud, a mental case, a heretic. People all over the country wait in line to hug me or curse me.