Quotes About Fame

People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing.

It's not unlike the movies for human actors. Once a dog stars in a movie, they don't work very much anymore. It's kind of heartbreaking.

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.

In terms of legend, people do have a need, but I think you can't have a legend without the work or the art that comes before it.

Celebrity has become, for better or worse, an art form. An artist can use themselves as a medium to become a celebrity as a walking work of art.

We [work] really hard to make sure we accomplish everything we want in life, but we don't think about being the president's daughter; we don't think about that, really.

It's been perfect. I can still ride a subway and work with great people. I can't imagine being Julia Roberts. I don't have the fortitude to withstand that kind of attention.

Why would you want to work for a living if you could just joke around? Being a celebrity expands your commercial possibilities.

It's something I worry about when I'm working out. I don't want to get too fit. Because I don't want the new DaVinci of this Millennium to say, "You. I have found my muse. I have to sculpt you."

I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever in the stratosphere of Kirk Cameron or Scott Baio.

I was in 'The Outsiders,' which was a good launching pad for me, but 'The Karate Kid' sent me into a different stratosphere.

I'm very proud of being a Backstreet Boy, so why stray too far from the mold?

I sometimes still feel I am living in a goldfish bowl, but I now manage it better. I still have a naughty streak, too, which I enjoy and is how I relate to those individuals who have got themselves into trouble.

Ultimately, some stream of stars aligned, and people have gotten to hear my music, and with that, there's no more barrier.

I like to think of Everest as a great mountaineering challenge, and when you've got people just streaming up the mountain - well, many of them are just climbing it to get their name in the paper, really.

I thought there was a glitch when they told me that in two or three weeks 'My Church' hit a million streams.

In Madrid, there's a big street in the centre called Callao. I remember being there with my mum and pointing to one of the big film posters and saying, 'I want to be up there.' That was my dream, and I got it.

I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me.

I am stopped in the street by kids and Harry Potter fans all the time.

You stop anybody on any street, around the world, and they know who Eric Clapton is. They don't know who I am!

I often get recognized on the street.

I am recognized a lot for 'Clueless,' but I am recognized a great deal for 'The Princess Bride.' I don't know... maybe everybody who has seen that movie just goes out on the street.

My looks aren't something that come dazzlingly through in everything I do. I can be made to look one way or the other fairly easily... I am still not recognised on the street that much.

No one recognises me on the street, ever.