Famous Quotes

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

I had a very erratic career. I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know?

I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated.

It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

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'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.

Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

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.