Famous Quotes

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

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.

I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

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

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous.

Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.

I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

There are a lot of famous comedians from Liverpool, then obviously the Beatles, and the football club. That's what people in Liverpool are passionate about.

Being in 'Us Weekly' does not make you famous.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around.

Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.

Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.

A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.

Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasn't that dumb, but that's how she was perceived - and that's what got popular.

In Germany I am not so famous.

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.