Quotes About Fame

Even before the movie was made, people already thought I was the original Lurch.

Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame.

I'm not a household word. The climate for original music is always a bit difficult.

I wanted to play my original music, but it was really hard because a lot of the people who would come out to the shows found out about me through 'The Voice' and wanted to hear covers.

I never had an ambition to go into modeling, originally. I still can't believe how quickly it all took off.

It's hard growing up in Hollywood, you know? I'm not from L.A. originally.

'Bling Bling' was originally a Big Tymers song.

If I lose show business - I'll really be an orphan!

I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last?

I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.

When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.

My eldest brother Atticus just won an Oscar some years ago, as he wrote the music for 'The Social Network.'

I literally don't think about Oscar.

Do you want to be the guy with a game named after you or be the one with 18 Oscar nominations?

When I was much younger, I used to practice my Oscar speech in the mirror. I used to beg my parents to be in movies.

Every actor wants to win an Oscar.

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything.

Whether you win or not, the night the Oscars are over, the curtain goes down and you go back to the grind. Period.

I can tell you that going to the Oscars is not as exciting as people think, at least for me.

I really don't think about the Oscars.

I did not bring up my child to think that she was a star. If I had treated her any differently, it would have messed everything up. She was brought up normally, like other kids, in a normal house, and it was a normal, middle-class life.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

I have an ounce of Lady Gaga's full-bodied ambition.

I was on Days Of Our Lives for about three months.