Quotes About Fame

I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't want to be a decrepit old lady.

I knew I'd made it when I was sitting on the bus into Rochdale and there was an old man listening to one of my songs. It was fantastic.

Since the 1980s, I've been known more for my TV work, I used to host 'Live at Jongleurs' and of course 'Grumpy Old Men,' and so it's really all come from there. It's been a funny career really, there are people that know me now as a TV person, a comedian, an interviewer - I've had people genuinely gobsmacked to find out I am a musician.

I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young.

Old people come up to me and say, 'Are you still alive? I used to watch you on 'To Tell The Truth' when I was a kid.'

I'm from the old school of actors who are convinced too much exposure on TV isn't good for a long career.

You're never going to see the fat Elvis in me. People I admired like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and John Belushi all died at 27. I've got jeans older than that.

I'm not a celebrity. I'm just the same Simone. I just have two Olympic Gold medals now.

You don't win the Olympic to make millions. People are always like, 'Where is your Lamborghini?'

I don't know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that's the fun thing of the Olympics - you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully.

I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.

When I plummeted into infamy in the Calgary Olympics, I never thought that a film would be made about my life.

It's the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. So, for basketball, I played in Olympics; I played in the Junior Olympics. With what I've done and given to basketball is all Hall of Fame.

I'd like an omelet named after me.

I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.

I just never thought in a million years that I would be, like, sharing a kiss on-screen with Adam Sandler.

Who you are as a person will only be amplified once you are 'famous,' so if you had a good heart, then I would imagine you'll have the same good heart but the means to do even more with it.

The entire world knows what I have with Barcelona and what Barcelona have with Ronald Koeman, so if I could become Barcelona coach one day, I would be delighted.

When you're caught up in your career, you're not thinking about becoming a legend one day or how, 25 years from now, you'll be immortalized in something or that you might be going into the Hall of Fame.

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!

It's an actor's dream to only have one line, and people like him, so I'm really lucky.

One minute you're nobody and the next thing you've got people following you around.

I'm busier than I've ever been, but you can go through the lists of people who are bang up there one minute, and then just disappear.

But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.