Quotes About Stardom

The difference between a beautifully made failure and a beautifully made hit is who you've got playing the leads.

I'm working on bridging the gap between mainstream famous and Internet famous. They're two different things, but eventually, social media will be the way to become a celebrity.

Marilyn Monroe never sold a platinum album. And more people know my music than what I look like.

A lot of movie stars don't want to go to TV because of how hard you have to work. You have to be a soldier.

I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have.

I love going to the beach. I like just walking around South Beach, but sometimes, when you're famous, it can be a little difficult.

Meryl Streep is exactly as awesome as you would imagine Meryl Streep to be.

If you are a big player you will always have a lot of pressure on you. It's the same for Eden, just as it is for Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo.

It amazes me. I'm just a fat, middle-aged, bald guy, but people still want to meet me.

A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.

I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old.

The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.'

The Phoenix family wasn't just chasing stardom: they thought this was all part of a divine plan in which the children, especially River, could be instrumental in changing the world into a better, holier place.

Are you famous in India?" Allyson asks. "I am Brad Pitt in India" Willem says.

which, is a great thing—mostly. "Ah, fame,

It's profoundly disorienting to go from zero to celebrity.

One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it.

Turning one's back on stardom might be the highest form of common sense. One that I would aspire to be more complete with.

I thought I have no chance in films and so wanted to do TV. I was very confident that I might become a star on small screen.

Like, if you are a celebrity, then anyone will let you be in a film or on a TV show, and if you're an actor, chances are if you are successful, you are becoming a celebrity.

I dreamed of one day starring in a film. I've done that twice. Denzel Washington has done it countless times, so I still got some work to do.

I don't know if I could ever really be cast in a heartthrob role apart from 'Twilight', which I didn't really know was a heartthrob role. I really don't feel I am one.

If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good and chase girls and have a lot of laughs.

When you're on MTV Asia, you're like royalty. When you walk down the streets of the Philippines or Indonesia, everyone wants to try to touch you.