Quotes About Fame

Understanding that celebrity derives from and is a result of some form of accomplishment, it's always gratifying to work with individuals who have made some sort of contribution to society.

You have to work years in hit shows to make people sick and tired of you, but you can accomplish this in a few weeks on television.

I don't have to take this abuse from you -- I have hundreds of people waiting in line to abuse me!

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

If people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing.

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

It's nice having your work recognized but having people follow you around is kinda weird.

A work is not art until enough noise has been made about it and someone rich comes along and buys it.

I'm a big fan of glamour. It's something I don't think there's enough of in Hollywood anymore. I enjoy putting on a sexy dress and heels. I want to work it.

Celebrities do look different in real life from our images of them - there is a big gap. And that is what my work is about: the gap between the image and the celebrity themselves.

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

I've done a ton of theater work and dramatic work, but nobody really knows me that way.

I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.

Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.

It's harder to maintain that internet kind of fame. It requires daily work, as opposed to a movie star who can make a movie once every two years and stay in the public eye. I respect it.

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work.

I'm not sure I'll ever be famous by anyone's definition. I can only hope to be allowed by the audience to continue my life's work.

Every year you work in Hollywood takes a year off your soul.

Japan is very much a TV-centered entertainment industry. So, when you talk about big stars in Japan, generally they are people who are on television. I work mostly in movies.