Famous Quotes

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.

My hair was famous before I was.

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.

And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.

I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know.

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.

I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

I married a pretty famous girl, and when we drive through town there's usually a car following us, when I walk out of my front door in Chelsea there's six guys waiting for me.

They were all famous and fantastic fellows.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Tom cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.