Quotes About Fame

There was some argument about this, because he could read headlines and articles about himself, or at least headlines on articles about himself,

He was the winner and now expected to be the object of awe, fascination, and favor. He expected this to be binary: a hostile media would turn into a fannish one.

Trump, in a smart move, picked up his media reputation and relocated it from a hypercritical New York to a more value-free Hollywood, becoming the star of his own reality show, The Apprentice, and embracing a theory that would serve him well during his presidential campaign: in flyover country, there is no greater asset than celebrity. To be famous is to be loved—or at least fawned over.

Media is personal. It is a series of blood scores. The media in its often collective mind decides who is going to rise and who is going to fall, who lives and who dies. If you stay around long enough in the media eye, your fate, like that of a banana republic despot, is often an unkind one—a law Hillary Clinton was not able to circumvent. The media has the last word.

How many valiant men we have seen to survive their own reputation!

Jóvenes, guapos, famosos, deseados por todas las mujeres y envidiados por todos los hombres, las estrellas del rock constituían la cima absoluta de la jerarquía social. No había nada en la historia de la humanidad, desde la divinización de los faraones en el antiguo Egipto, que pudiera compararse al culto de la juventud europea y norteamericana por las estrellas de rock

Popularity can be a real headache.

Later that evening, Norma Jeane said good night to Bill and returned home. Standing before a mirror she picked up a lipstick and scribbled, 'This is the end of Norma Jeane.' Marilyn Monroe was born.

However, the name Norma Jeane wasn't in the least bit 'star like', so it was decided that it would need to be changed. Ben Lyon told her that she reminded him of the actress Marilyn Miller, and decided he'd like her to be called Marilyn. Monroe was her personal choice, since it was her mother's maiden name.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.

I have never understood that. I come from a place where the press makes or breaks an actor and it is more of a teamwork relationship.

When you're in a relationship with somebody who is also a public personality, then it doubles the attention from the media.

So how did you end up making a fool of yourself in front of twenty thousand people? I had a bigger hole to fill. What do you mean? A rock star is someone with a hole in his heart almost the size of his ego.

Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos.

I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.

I'd rather die than be 45 and still singing 'Satisfaction.

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

There was, in fact, a standard studio recipe. Take one young actress, pluck her eyebrows, cap her teeth, shape her hairline, pad as required and throw her into the ring with Andy Hardy. Then wait and see. If the public responded, the starlet became a star.

A good name is better than riches.

Someone who is motivated solely by the desire to become rich and famous might struggle hard to get ahead but will rarely have enough inducement to work beyond what is necessary, to venture beyond what is already known.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.