Quotes About Fame

It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again.

When you have parents who are recognizable, there's a certain part of you that wants to know that people you meet are able to not get clouded by that.

There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.

That's the reason you want to become a star as an actor, to be able to have more control of your destiny.

All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.

Becoming an actress takes a lot longer than being a star. I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actress. I want to build a career.

These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.

If certain songs become popular enough to the point where I'll be playing them the rest of my life, I don't want them all to dwell on the same down moment that I'll have to keep reliving.

I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because people are brutal. I never want my kids to feel like they have to live up to what I've done.

I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.

It's also a terrible kind of sentiment [ reality TV] for children and for people. It makes people feel like they all want to be famous for no reason.

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.

People always want the stars of movies to fall in love with one another.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

Now it seems like people want to do damage to young celebrities. They want to find them doing bad things. They encourage them.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to do a big radio country album.

If I go to London, everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst. I'm just not interested in him. Never have been.

God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.

There are going to be people doing the talking and people who get talked about, choose, which one do you want to be?

People want to criticize everything you do. People criticize Pacquiao, Mayweather or Obama, everyone that is at the top of their game.

Famous people don't want to be told that you have a quality in common with them. It makes them think there's something crawling in their clothes.

I get letters. I get several a week, I think. A lot of people want a picture, a lot of people just want an autograph.

I love what I do, but I never want to OD on celebrity.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.