Quotes About Notoriety

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

There's no bad publicity except an obituary.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

In the 1960s everybody knew about Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. No matter what class people belonged to, they were talking about these two young girls who had become mixed up in the Profumo affair. Extraordinary times.

People may trash me, but at least they're talking about me.

Being on 'Star Trek,' you have a funny relationship with fame.

I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.

'The Last Seduction,' 'Sleepless in Seattle' and 'While You Were Sleeping' did a lot to get me noticed for bigger roles.

I always think that if you know somebody's name then there's something slightly fraudulent about that person. Otherwise we wouldn't have heard of him or her.

Sam Smith knew who I was!

Even if I sneeze, it would make headlines.

The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.

You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.

Well, Jon Hamm isn't a real celebrity.

I never knew you could be so known from your success.

You're a sex symbol," she began. "Thanks for noticing.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

an honest being who does not behave absurdly has no chance at all of becoming famous, or even of being noticed, however kind and sensible he may be.

You can get awful famous in this country in seven days.

For some people, when you walk into a room, what your fame means to them can be like pointing a weird gun at them. It triggers something. They might get really giggly or flirty or cold or confrontational.

No one ever comes up to me and says, 'Hey man, I loved your work in 'Road Trip.' They say, 'Are you that guy?' Like, they have no idea. 'Were you in 'American Pie 2?'

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.