Quotes About Fame

In the '70s, Leo-mania was the equivalent of Beatle-mania down there and they still love me. In Australia they still want heroes.

You'd be amazed how people love me.

When you're young and you think of being a popstar, you think, 'Oh I want everyone to love me and ask for my autograph.'

I think when you have one song that does really well, people love you from that song, or they hate you from that song.

Actors are fighting at all time. The love you get is amazing. When you don't get it, it is the most excruciating career you can be in.

It's New York - it comes with it. If you can't deal with it, you leave. If you lose, they talk about you. When you win, they love you.

Ferraris are lovely cars, but I just don't want to be seen in them.

People will consider me a part of their lives for however long 'Downton Abbey' lasts. It's a lovely thing to feel as an actor.

It's lovely being in a hit.

I would really like it if someone knows me more for a character that I've played. If they call out the character's name instead of mine by mistake, it would be lovely.

I get called everything from 'Mr Boombastic' to 'Mr Lover Lover' to 'Mr It Wasn't Me.' It's whatever is hot at that point.

Everybody loves me.

People love me. And you know what, I have been very successful. Everybody loves me.

It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit record, but when you don't have anything going on, there's really not much support.

Nobody would want their lowest moment to be filmed for the world to see.

There are great actors we'll never see just because they haven't had my luck.

There are so many actresses who struggle for years to get where I am. It's luck that's worked for me more than hard work.

I always had dreams, my whole life, of being somebody special. Someone out in the world that everybody knew of and everybody liked. Somebody unique. Even when I was down on my luck, in my head I still had those dreams.

When 'Center Stage' first came out, I had some little girls on an airplane who didn't want to actually talk to me but wanted to talk about me at the top of their lungs. And they took pictures of me while I was sleep. And you know what's the worst part? I get really, really airsick.

I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.

If somebody tells you that after being champion you're not going to miss the attention, he's lying to you.

I can't believe I'm gonna be immortalized in Madam Tussauds! Dream come true.

I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.

Miley Cyrus is the new Madonna.