Fame Quotes

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behavior.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't desire any more fame. I don't need it.

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.

I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to.

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing.

The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

But what I'd really like to tell you is I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame. Standing here with all these great players was beyond any of my dreams.

The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.

My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor.

I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame.

I love traveling. It not only opens my mind up, but it also allows me to use my fame in another way through humanitarian works and stuff, and being an influence around the world.

It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.

What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble.

I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.

The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.

I'm a ballplayer. I know how hard the game is... and anybody that makes it in the Hall of Fame, I support. They become a member of our special fraternity.

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

When I started off, I didn't only ride to fame on my looks though many people I know think otherwise.

That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.

To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.

Fame is the thirst of youth.