Fame Quotes

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.

The problem with fame is that you get frozen in one frame and nothing you can do can alter the nature.

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

Fame and stuff like that is all very cool, but at the end of the day, we're all human beings. Although what I do is incredibly surreal and fun and amazing and I'm really grateful for it, I don't believe my own press release, do you know what I mean?

Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

I don't think there's any honor bigger than going to your Hall of Fame for your sport.

I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame.

That'll be my claim to fame: My grandmother-in-law is the oldest iPad user!

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.

Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs.

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

I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.

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.

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.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

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.