Quotes About Celebrity

My fans are always upset because I don't do projects frequently and because I don't use social media.

When headlines are only about Shah Rukh, I get upset. There is no value then to what I do. His achievements are his, and I have no part in them. I do what I do.

As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and - you may say - its backside.

In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.

Live Aid turned our world upside down.

I didn't go Hollywood on the outside with flashy cars, upstairs maids and mink-covered bathroom fixtures. I went Hollywood on the inside, and that's worst of all. I tried to avoid being natural. I lowered my voice. I copied the mannerisms of other stars. I struck poses.

Sometimes we're at hotels, and I'll answer the phone. They'll say, 'Mr. Ripa, your breakfast is coming upstairs.' And I'm like, Is my father-in-law here? But, obviously, I'm proud either way - Ripa or Consuelos.

Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.

But even now, when people see me in the street, they point upwards to the sky.

I was shocked when some villagers called out 'Crorepati' during a recent trip down south. It proved that 'KBC-2' has caught on in the countryside as much as it has among the urban youth.

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.

I see all the red carpet paparazzi stuff and I'm like, 'Really? Do I have to?!' I like to work and I know that's part of the job. But you kind of take it in stride.

I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

Knowing that Ricky Gervais will never work again means a lot to me. I'm going to make sure of it.

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all that blur. I just want to work and surprise myself.

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

With any other celebrity, people come up and say, 'Hey, I really like your work.' But with my fans, when they see me, they don't even say hello. They just go, 'AWWWWWGHGHHHGHGHRRR!'

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity.

I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just love her.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.

I get recognised sometimes, and that's really cool. I've tried certain disguises, but that doesn't work.

Celebrity doesn't really affect the work. What affects the work is the expectations from the outside. This is what no one understands.