Quotes About Stardom

Commercial hit films such as 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan,' 'Talaash,' and 'Kick' had big superstars to sell them; that may not have been the case if it were just me.

I didn't want to be one of these superstars that just come and then just disappear.

I am more popular than many politicians, and even superstars like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

The love and respect that my parents have gained through their body of work is unmatchable. My goal is not to surpass their stardom or anybody's stardom for that matter, but to create an identity of my own.

Nothing surprises me when it comes to people in the entertainment business.

You think a lot of people get to be big stars and get a little crazy, but most of the ones I've ever met have always been surprisingly normal, and I've enjoyed that.

Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.

I've never considered myself a leading man, don't look like one, don't want to be one.

Who wants to shake the hand of the first man to put it to America's sweetheart.

I didn't become an actor to make money. And I didn't become an actor to be famous - though people always gasp if you say that, as if it's unfathomable that an actor doesn't want to be a star.

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum.

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'

The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, they make bad movie after bad movie.

There's a new hit rock group or singer every five minutes, but with country music, you have one hit and those people love you forever.

My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

OK, so I'm not famous for the right reasons.

I feel like Alain Delon, who once said, "It doesn't matter that I'm not a star in America because I'm a huge star in France, I'm a legend in Spain, and I'm a god in Japan.

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

Being a celebrity at a very high level is a good thing.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.