Quotes About Fame

I don't think there's an actor in the world who ever expects to get a call from the 'Star Wars' casting director - least of all me.

I get recognized in the street really frequently, which is really shocking. I'm excruciatingly wary of any female under the age of 19. Even when some of them come up to me, they're usually very cordial, nice and polite.

I'm a little bit wary of people. It freaked me out when a fan connected with me on social media, then had plastic surgery to look like me, dyed his hair the same colour, and got a pug dog like mine. He was also a hacker, so I had to change all my passwords.

It's a different world now and as we see with footballers and everybody else, and the fall from grace of any sportsman, it's a difficult balancing act now of going out and being nice to the general public and being very wary.

I come from a very uncool profession: being a washed up child actor.

I'm not the kind of person who is on television and in magazines every five minutes selling clothes or washing machines.

Mix one part Denzel Washington and two parts Eva Mendes and you have a nice hot cocktail.

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

When people recognise me they just kind of go 'Hi how are you ' really kind of cool you know.

Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

Fame is, after all, only the sum of all the misunderstandings that gather around a new name.

Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name.

Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.

Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame 5 years in a row.

The hall of fame ceremonies are on the 31st and 32nd of July.

I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.

Give all to love;Obey thy heart;Friends, kindred, days,Estate, good fame,Plans, credit and the Muse,Nothing refuse.

Fame is proof that the people are gullible.

Do you think that a billion people knowing your face makes you special? It doesn't.

It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well.

If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today.