Famous Quotes

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist.

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

I can never really enjoy being famous.

If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises.

Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.

The most famous person in my phone is Lindsay Lohan. We starred in 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' together in 2004 and we've stayed in touch.

I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.

I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.

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 would have been very happy just working from job to job, paying my rent one movie at a time. I never wanted to be this famous. I never imagined this life for myself.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.

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

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.

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.