Quotes About Fame

My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.

I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this business. I didn't wake up at the early ages of 5 or 6 and say I want to be a star.

When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'

Philip Roth is a good writer, but I wouldn't want to shake hands with him.

Being just an actor, sometimes people are like, "Hey, man, we don't wanna see you no more, in front of the camera," and I don't want that.

You get to that age where you're watching a lot of television, and who doesn't want to be on television?

Stars don't want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable.

With "The Office," they said, "We don't want anyone we recognize, so give us unknown actors," and I think that was the break that I needed. Because I went in and I got the role.

Nobody wants to hear celebrity complain

If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

I've never been in that position in my life, where I hate a celebrity so much that I want to call them names.

I personally have no interest in being a star or a celebrity. I want my stand-up comedy and how I think as a comedian to be recognized and successful.

I'm one of three judges on 'MasterChef' with Gordon Ramsay, but I don't want my own show. I'm kind of used to the sidekick gig.

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

I'm in the wrong racket if I didn't want a public life.

If you become famous and you start making money, then people want to give you things. It's the exact opposite of how it's supposed to be.

I was very successful from a very early age, and I want to keep it.

I'm still quite small-minded and small-town, and people look at me like, "You're too famous to remember me." I want to give them a tap on the shoulder and thank them.

I still see myself as young, the same guy I was before I ever won the Heisman. Hopefully my friends still feel I'm the same way. I just want people to know I'm still the same person I've always been.

I don't need much more money, and I thought that when I retired that nobody would want to talk to me anymore. Then I did, and people still want to talk to me.

When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.

I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.

Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.