Famous Quotes

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

Computers are famous for being able to do complicated things starting from simple programs.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.

I know I have this level of celebrity, of fame, international, national, whatever you want to call it, but it's a pretty surreal thing to think sometimes that you're in the middle of another famous person's life and you think to yourself, 'How the hell did I get famous? What is this some weird club that we're in?'

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.

Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.

Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

To be famous and broke is hard.

I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress.

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.