Famous Quotes

When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.

I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.

Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.

I mean I was famous for nothing.

I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

I never thought about being famous.

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I'll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean.

I'm not unknown, yet I'm not super famous where I can't go anywhere.

The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.

In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?'

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous."

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.