Quotes About Fame

I think I've done a pretty fantastic job, but of course I want to sell millions of records.

The fact that people actually want my autograph is crazy.

I've been approached by many different people, but I don't really want to be known as a collaboration dude.

I don't think I'm known for my gifts - I'm known for my gall. I don't want to be just a famous person - I'm too old.

You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me.

Too many people write books because they want to be a New York Times best-seller. They want the glory and the fame.

I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't want to.

I'm not stupid enough to want to be famous. But I would like to be able to earn a living playing music.

When I hear that high-pitched sound of all those people screaming together, it's like, I want to get on stage right now. It's the most amazing feeling.

My motives at a young age were, "I want to be rich and famous".

People have recognized me sometimes but not much. I'm glad my life isn't too different. I don't want it to be.

Everyone wants to get a piece of me.

Everybody wants to fight me so they can be a superstar.

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.

I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to become a celebrity.

I don't get recognized too much, which is cool because, you know, I don't want people to be overwhelmed.

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

Honestly, a lot of people thought that I was on top of the world selling so many millions of records, and that this is the life that everybody would want, but I never got to enjoy any of my success.

If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good and chase girls and have a lot of laughs.

The journalists are poking me all the time. It's impossible for me to stop even I want to.

I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the silly "Scrubs" guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it.

Some people just don't want to put in the effort. I just show up and say some lines and I'm famous. Anyone living below the poverty line just needs to shape up or be shipped out, you know?

I find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you."

While most people in TV, radio, and the press have treated me wonderfully, some of the most important people want to pretend I don't exist.