Quotes About Fame

I don't think I ever understood Hollywood.

I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship.

Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshiped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow.

I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.

Leaving was tough because it got to a point where - I was dealing with so much, mostly being Undertaker's girlfriend while I was on TV. There was even a writer who threw the papers up one day and said, 'Why don't we just call it the Michelle McCool and Undertaker show.'

It's hard because it doesn't matter what you do, most people still identify me as Undertaker's wife.

On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones.

I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.

I once had dinner with Madonna and I wasn't nervous but within about a minute I found myself talking about underwear.

Legendary photographer Annie Leibowitz persuaded us to pose in our underwear. When the magazine hit the stands we were horrified to see the caption 'Go-Go's Put Out.' Regardless, I was extremely excited to see us at every newsstand on every corner, our faces on the cover of 'Rolling Stone!'

Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.

If we were to use the success of 'Need You Now' as the barometer for every other song, then we'll probably be highly disappointed. That song will probably undoubtedly be the biggest song of our career. We can hopefully have success for 20 years, but we may not ever have the success of that one particular song again.

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

When I think of the things I have, it makes me a little uneasy. I don't want people to think I've lost touch with reality.

People say I owe a lot to television. The fact is I was a star long before television. What TV made me is unemployed.

The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie was an unexpected, unplanned pop culture phenomena. My father went from star-maker to star.

Things can turn ugly so quickly in the music business, especially if you have an unexpected success.

Collaborating on 'Tusa' with Nicki Minaj came into my life unexpectedly and I wanted to keep it like that for my fans.

When I was a teenager, if anyone recognized me for anything I did, it would ruin my day. I couldn't handle it. It was some sort of neurotic phobia. I guess I was paranoid that people would treat me differently, or in an unfair way, because of my job.

One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.

It seems unfair that anyone can set up on Twitter using my name, or the name of any famous person, without any checks at all.

People are unfair when you're married to someone famous. They believe you haven't got thoughts of your own. That's where they are wrong.

There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold.

For me, it's a compliment to be compared with Marilyn, the unforgettable actress, the most beautiful one of all. But, curves aside, we have very little in common.