Quotes About Fame

He was most comfortable with sheer physical collision. When it all came down to it, that, even more than his tactical expertise, was what had made Jade famous; it was what he did best.

We live in a celebrity culture now. Or a wannabe-celebrity culture. The name of the game is visibility. If you aren't tweeted, liked, YouTubed, or Instagrammed, you don't exist.

Every time Elvis sings, he makes a bargain with the devil -- just like Captain Ahab in MOBY DICK!

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

Prefiero ser conocido por mis grandes fracasos que por mis mediocres éxitos», citaba a uno de sus novelistas favoritos.

malgré tout leur fameux cynisme (ou peut-être à cause de lui), les Sarantins étaient presque toujours d'une nature émotive et passionnée, comme si vivre au centre du monde donnait du relief et de l'importance à chaque événement de leur existence.

As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.

Being a singer is all about me. About ego. Being a mom is all about being selfless - two different worlds.

He was a celebrity, in the tradition of Lord Byron and Beau Brummell, but more Brummell than Byron, more style than substance. "Evidently I am 'somebody,'" he noted at the time, "but what have I done? I've been 'noticed.' That is something, I suppose. And I have published one book of poems. That doesn't amount to much.

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.

Rapid motion through space elates one; so does notoriety; so does the possession of money.

El calendario de la fama Adiós, adiós, mis amadas manos dijo Rachmaninov en su lecho de muerte y Joseph Hofmann, el gran pianista, inventó el limpiaparabrisas de observar su metrónomo Genio que soy, que lo único que puedo hacer es marcar las teclas equivocadas en mi máquina de escribir

And not surprisingly, under Tarkin's rule, Eriadu finally achieved the celebrity it had been clamoring for. It became the rising star, the planet other eager-to-be-exploited worlds began looking up to.

We're famous iggy whispered so low that Fang could barely hear him. So's Swine Flu Fang whispered back.

My poor brother. The media beast was hungry, and Matthew Angel was the appetizer, the main dish, and the dessert.

to Madame Tussauds wax museum.

in all the papers, so I'm sure you're aware of it." "Thank you very much," Kylie said. "It's on our radar.

To avoid the paparazzi

I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.

I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw in concert. Unfortunately, I never did get to meet him.

Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true.

The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And that's a really tough title to travel around with when you're not even known.

When I want to be incognito, I don't wear any hat. Unfortunately, even without the hat, they now recognise me in Paris.