Famous Quotes

Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives.

Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

I don't like the idea of famous people.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

I want to be famous everywhere.

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.

I follow the most random people on Twitter. I follow famous people like Khloe Kardashian, who surprisingly makes really funny tweets all the time.

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.

People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood.