Fame Quotes

I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus.

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.

Coming from having absolutely nothing to having a few grand in the bank, it was a big culture leap. I think that's why I went off the rails a bit really, 'cause there was no training for it. They didn't do fame in schools.

I like young actors because they're so unspoiled, not like some of those actors who are about half an hour into their fifteen minutes of fame by the time they get to me.

I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.

Fame doesn't end loneliness.

My kids are not known, and I think that is very important. So far they have lived a normal life, and will continue to do so. I feel they should have the possibility to live a free life without the burden of fame I have created.

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.

I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

I've got wealth and fame but I haven't changed my roots.

People always ask me why I still want to play, but I want to know why no one will give me an opportunity. It's like they put a stamp on me: 'Hall of Fame. You're done. That's it.'

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

Since my induction into the Sports Hall of Fame, I have wanted to have my No. 3 Chevy on exhibit for sports fans to see. I hope others will enjoy the car as much as I have.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up.

Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81.

Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?

Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.