Quotes About Fame

It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.

I was discovered by Tommy Dreamer.

If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?

I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care.

Honeymoons are great, but they don't last. And I think the same is true with success on the screen - today, I am all over the place; tomorrow, I may be gone - I may have to make room for someone else. So why make a big song and dance about it all?

I don't believe in stardom; it is like a relationship. Today it is with you, tomorrow it might go to someone else.

People are very nice to me, and they've been nice as my career has gotten better and I've gotten more jobs. But the reality is that if I decided tomorrow that I didn't want to act anymore, it's not like people are going to be like, 'Please, come back!'

I mean, it's fun to go out and do stuff in Hollywood, but if it was gone tomorrow, I really wouldn't be disappointed.

A lot of DJs don't realize they're here today and gone tomorrow. They're literally taking jets to every show. It's crazy how much money they're spending.

It's been up, down, and sideways for me, man. I could become a huge star, or I could get cancer tomorrow.

I don't know if I am going to become an A-lister tomorrow.

The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

I feel very positive that someone told me if I get on television there would be limo rides. Definitely someone said I would be getting a ton of free stuff from companies that want me to be seen with their products. None of this happened.

A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.

I thought I would make so much money and be the next Ray Leonard. Maybe it was farfetched, but I thought I could be a megastar. I could fight, and I had a lot of crossover appeal that was necessary to promote myself. I thought I'd make a ton of money and live off of it the rest of my life.

Being a public figure a lot of people will really love what you do, but you know there is also a ton of people who will hate on it.

Reality TV has its perks and has given me a ton of exposure, not only in WWE, but also in mainstream media.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.

I'm working my butt off every day to make sure people have my name on the tip of their tongue.

It's OK to sit in the Golden Globe room and look around and think, 'Oh, Helen Mirren's a loser tonight, so is Nicole Kidman. Meryl Streep lost tonight. Jessica Lange didn't win.' If you're gonna be in the company of losers, that's the company to be in.

All I wanted to do as a kid was go to the post-Oscar parties I was seeing on 'Entertainment Tonight.'