Quotes About Stardom

I was once up for a part, and the male star was also producing the movie. They were talking about meeting with him or having an audition with him, and then we get the message, 'He wants to have dinner with you.' I said, 'Is that the audition, or is it that he just wants to have dinner with me?'

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

For actors, we always feel like there shouldn't be any divide for anybody. The industry is the one that kind of creates the idea that if you're such-and-such an actor, you can't be on the big screen.

People make a star out of actors after one or two films and keep capitalising on the same thing without having the courage of exploring the world of cinema, which has so much to offer.

I certainly enjoy Usher, Beyonce, Chris Brown, and there is Fantasia; these people will be around a while. They've got it. They've got the 'it' factor.

Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.

No, fame has not changed Wizkid.

Fame attracts lunatics.

I never wanted fame.

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.

Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around.

I think fame can come and go.

My fame is due to broadcast television.

Kids used to tease me and call me 'fille des etoiles,' which translates to 'daughter of the stars.'

A lot of times, people are simply interested in seeing me because I was on television.

The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.

In the old days, a star was someone up there - you know, Greta Garbo - but a telly star was somebody you could approach.

Telugu heroes are made into demi-gods. The fans here are sincere, and even if the film is bad, they will see it and stand by the actors they like.

In the inverted food chain of fame, it was the big beasts who were stalked and hunted

Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.

I had a different agent after 'Hook,' and they were, like, 'We don't know where to go with you. It's like you've already gone to the top of what's out there for a young Asian actor.' No one had done anything higher profile than that. And I'm, like, 'OK, but I'm only 15.'

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.

Being famous is complete luck, and that's something you can't bank on.