Famous Quotes

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.

They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.

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.

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 didn't get into skating to be famous.

You aren't famous until my mother has heard of you.

If I wasn't even famous or had any success, I would still wake up and put tons of make-up on, and put on a cool outfit. That's always been who I've been my whole life, so that's never gonna change. I love fashion. I love getting dressed up. I love Halloween, too.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

I just want to be rich and famous.

It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey.

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous.

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.