Quotes About Fame

I think there's always interest in how the other half live - I see myself as a down-to-earth Essex mum who just happens to be living this very glamorous life in Beverly Hills.

Growing up I wanted to be a mixture of Audrey Hepburn and Lucille Ball. Apparently I told my mum when I was eight that I wanted to be an actor.

My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn't. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn't care for the lifestyle.

You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.

I love being a mum. Sometimes I just wish nobody knew who I was.

Aside from the whole Richard and Judy fame thing, I am incredibly lucky they're my mum and dad.

People of Mumbai respect me a lot and they are well aware of my contributions towards the film industry.

When I came to Mumbai, I only wanted to be an actor, and my approach hasn't digressed over the years. I never really hoped to be in the limelight or wanted to be a star.

It was only after moving to Mumbai that I was completely seduced by Bollywood.

I think I learned a lot about not buying into a lot of hype. I wanted to be a kind of faceless entity; I didn't want to be Dhani Harrison and the Muppets or something like that.

I am on a mural in Belfast with 'Floating up the Lagan in a bubble' on it. You know you have made it when you have got a mural.

My own son called me Eddie Murphy's brother once. Once.

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.

I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the drummer for Muse... It would also be fun to be gorgeous, like be Charlize Theron, just for a couple of days.

My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated.

It'd be really great to see the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame mature. It's a good facility there in Cleveland. I like the museum a lot.

There's a lot to live up to when three of your parents are successful in the music business.

I never had my mind set on being an entertainer in the music business.

We're in the dark ages if J-Lo can have a music career because of her ass. And let's face it, that's it.

What's scummy about the music industry is that everybody loves you when you're dead.

If people are talking about you, that's great. You start making more money, that's great. You get to go to weird places, that's great. The music industry is weird, especially with the Internet. People are calling you all kinds of weird stuff, like 'jangly.'

In this music industry, you'll find the differences with artists. You get some people who really love music... and you get people who do this because they want to have money or want to be famous.

The machinery of the music industry is that you put something into it and it could be chewed up.

The hardest part about the music industry for anyone is getting into the ears of the world.