Quotes About Stardom

Like it or not, I am part of the pop culture of films in Hollywood.

You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.

I don't think that I'm a pop star. On paper, I'm bad at being a pop star with the conventional idea people have.

It was kind of like, my worst crime was that I was a pop star.

There's no difference in a lot of people's minds between good musicians and popular musicians.

There's no denying that my popularity helped me a lot.

Every day I wake up and my popularity gets bigger and bigger.

Celebrity culture is... it's not something that I'm attracted to. I guess I don't think of myself in that way, but potentially other people do. I feel I'm at the far periphery of that.

Fame creeps up on you.

I never have celebrity crushes.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.

I live in a country where I'd say nine out of ten people know me when I walk through the streets. There's people taking pictures, there's tabloids trying to make up stories. I'm used to that. The same thing when I'm in Australia or the U.K.: I get stopped.

I'm happy with my commercial heroine tag.

I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

In my lifetime, I've discovered a great many incredibly talented individuals. Some have achieved stardom. Simultaneously, I've seen many dreams shattered, egos destroyed and lives changed forever. The end destination may well be fame and fortune, but the road to stardom is littered with broken hearts.

We've gotten a grasp on fame and tamed it and the media.

Let the circle of celebrity be unbroken. Amen.

not know or had scarcely heard of, like Ingrid Bergman or Marilyn Monroe.

The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.

Sure we're in limos. We're stars. How else is a star supposed to travel?

I don't mind the high price of stardom. I just don't like the high price of mediocrity.

You can sit around and have a broken heart any old time. Rock stardom happens only once in a lifetime.

To handle that stardom, the red carpets, the photo shoots, people all of a sudden recognizing you and following you in everyday life, it's a bit weird. It's strange, and it can have funny effects on you in terms of do you like it or don't you like it. Some people run away from it, some people embrace it; I found a good middle ground.