Quotes About Fame

My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.

I'd gone from being this art student messing about with music to this girl with a record deal, magazine front covers and all this hype. In many ways, it was everything I ever wanted, but when it happened all I felt was total, paralysing fear.

I just can't fathom this fame thing; I'm a total newbie.

In 1983 I'd had a number one. I'd sold 6 million copies of Total Eclipse Of The Heart all over the world.

In the 1930s, all the novelists had seemed to be people who came blazing up into stardom from out of total obscurity. That seemed to be the nature of the beast. The biographical notes on the dustjackets of the novels were terrific.

That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.

I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.

Some people say, 'Oh, you look just like the guy from 'Stranger Things.' And I'm like, 'I am the guy.' And they think I'm totally joking.

There's probably somebody out there who has been dying to be Tony Stark, their whole life, and it will never happen. And then, it comes to me because I happened to do 'Heroes.' I mean, I love it. I'm totally respectful of the position, but I wasn't pursuing it.

I think it's totally up to the individual if they'd like a private life or if they'd like to be in the public eye - it's a choice you can make.

I think that when you start rolling with an entourage, you attract attention, and you tend to create this whole big thing. My mom taught me that when you keep a low profile, most people tend to totally miss you because they're not expecting anything.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

I can be a show-off at home. But publicly, I have always been a private person. It's not totally my bag to court the press.

Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.

I find that fame tends to turn one from an actor and a human being into a piece of merchandise, a public institution.

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were a couple.

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.

I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity,

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

There are a lot of movies I've done that come and go, and don't really establish a growing fan base.

Famous murderers are only famous because they get caught. The best killers are those whose names we shall never know.

I beg to differ," said Doyle. "Famous murderers are only famous because they get caught. The best killers are those whose names we shall never know.

I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid.

The good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me.