Quotes About Fame

I might have added zeros to my bank balance and followers to my Instagram account, but apart from that, I still lead a middle-class lifestyle.

I've never been one that really won with major-name collaborators. You take, for instance, 'Angel' with Rayvon. 'It Wasn't Me' was with Rikrok. Nobody knew who those guys were.

Instant fame, attention, getting flown around the world and those other fringe benefits never really rang true for me.

Fame made me insecure and insular. I wanted to run away from being me.

The first time I was paparazzi'd, I thought I was being investigated for an insurance claim.

I never wanted to lose who I am, my character or my integrity for the sake of Hollywood.

Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end.

I try to keep my integrity. I don't want to be in 'Hello!' or on 'Celebrity Big Brother.'

At 3 years old, I was telling people that I was going to be a star. I never had a plan B. And I've never compromised my integrity to get what I have.

I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.

Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn't like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually as hot as he was.

That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.

As a 13-year-old girl, it was never my intention to be the center of world news.

We've had a lot of controversy in our career, and it's never been intentional.

I don't have huge intentions to be some big actress.

I'm confident in my intentions and why I'm making music. I'm not making music because I want to be on your TV screen or the cover of your magazine.

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older.

I don't know how to interact with fans, man.

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.

I understand people's interest in my career.

I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

I've always maintained that I'd rather lead an interesting life than be a star.

I like having friends that are famous, and I think they are the most interesting people that I know.

One of the interesting things about my father was that what you see on-camera is a lot of what he was like in real life.