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Famous
Total Quotes : 686
Immune
Good Way
I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
- A. R. Rahman
Big
Deal
My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.
- Aaron Carter
Normal
Most
I find the most normal things about famous people to be the most fascinating.
- Abbi Jacobson
Build
Unless
Blogs are easy to start, but unless the author is famous, it takes years to build a following.
- Adam D'Angelo
Queen
Famous Person
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.
- Adam Garcia
People
Celebrities
Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
- Adam McKay
Mom
Your
Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.
- Adam McKay
Small
Play
I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.
- Adam Sandler
Celebrity
About
I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.
- Adele
Birthday
Mum
Mum loves me being famous! She is so excited and proud, as she had me so young and couldn't support me, so I am living her dream, it's sweeter for both of us. It's her 40th birthday soon and I'm going to buy her 40 presents.
- Adele
Woman
Like
There's a famous saying: 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.' I want to change it to 'Hell hath no fury like a nation scorned.'
- Adnan Sami
Attitude
You
You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.
- Adriana Lima
My Life
Through
When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!
- Agnetha Faltskog
Mosque
Which
On the banks of the Nile, the Rosetta branch, I lived an enjoyable childhood in the City of Disuq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim.
- Ahmed Zewail
Me
Celebrity
Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.
- Aidan Quinn
Love
Doing
I'm not interested in being famous. I'm interested in doing my job and doing it well, and that's wrestling, and that's what I love.
- AJ Lee
Celebrity
Delusion
Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.
- Al Goldstein
Tell
Everybody
The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.
- Al Pacino
Happy
Necessary
It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
- Alan Alda
Everyone
Made
I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.
- Alan Alda
Will
Dusk
Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.
- Alan Bennett
Thought
Became
I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.
- Alanis Morissette
Want
Only
Only traumatised people want to be famous.
- Alanis Morissette
Fact
Landlady
To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.
- Albert Camus
Doing
Still
I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous.
- Alberto Korda
Examples
Songs
There are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered.
- Alex Ebert
Long Island
Shield
My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea.
- Alexa Ray Joel
Failure
Once
Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.
- Alexander Hanson
Movie
Which
Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.
- Alexander Payne
Very
Read
When people stare at you, and you read about yourself in papers - at 13, it just got very confusing. I thought that if this is what it's like to be famous, I don't like it one bit.
- Alexander Skarsgard
Career
Big
When I did 'Percy Jackson,' people told me, 'Oh, you're going to be so famous... you're not going to be able to walk down the street... it's going to be huge,' and it wasn't - although it was big for my career.
- Alexandra Daddario
Singing
Badly
If you want to be famous because you do something well or badly, be it singing while fat or hitting balls of various shapes and hues, you have to be prepared to divulge. We live in the age of the chronic overshare.
- Alexandra Petri
Jumping
Became
A lot of people have the misconception that I decided to become an actor when Lily became famous and have accused me of jumping on her bandwagon. But that's completely untrue.
- Alfie Allen
Think
Ever
I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.
- Alison Lohman
Think
Dad
Because Dad was famous, I was so used to being identified as 'John Huston's daughter' that I couldn't think of myself as anyone else.
- Allegra Huston
Southern
Having
I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.
- Allegra Huston
Work
Pleasure
George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.
- Alvin Lee
Prove
Normal
I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.
- Amanda Bynes
Sick
Desirable
I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'
- Amanda de Cadenet
Going
Happen
Life is going to happen to you no matter what weight you are, no matter how famous you are, no matter how much money you have in the bank. No one gets a free pass.
- Amanda de Cadenet
Want
Long
I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot.
- Amanda Hocking
Hang
Tabloids
It's really easy to avoid the tabloids. You just live your life and don't hang out with famous people who are in the tabloids. Don't do anything controversial and be a normal person. Have friends. And get a job and keep working.
- Amanda Seyfried
Miserable
Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.
- Ambrose Bierce
Celebrity
Like
I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.
- America Ferrera
Big
Big Money
I've learned it's not about being famous and big money. L.A. can be a fun place, but when it comes down to it - and this might sound hokey - there's no place like home.
- Amy Locane
Celebrity
About
The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.
- Anderson Cooper
Love
Wanted
When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.
- Andra Day
Country
Built
Our country was not built to support blood dynasties or to elevate the rich and famous to a higher ethical or constitutional plain.
- Andrew Breitbart
Celebrity
Made
There's so much made of the exceptional and the celebrity, the famous, and the wannabees.
- Andrew Clements
Will
Attempting
In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly from the facts, and to collect from them gradually an idea of Shakespearean Tragedy.
- Andrew Coyle Bradley
Like
Everybody
Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.
- Andrew Lau
Everyone
Will
In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.
- Andy Warhol
Measure
Inches
Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.
- Andy Warhol
Idea
Famous Person
My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.
- Andy Warhol
New
Everybody
I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is 'In 15 minutes everybody will be famous.'
- Andy Warhol
Doing
Same
You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.
- Ang Lee
Mirror
Face
I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
- Ani DiFranco
Other
Made
It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around.
- Anita Ekberg
Been
Famous Person
I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.
- Ann Brashares
New
Scoring
I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.
- Ann Wilson
Hugely
Certainly
I did become quite well known from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', and it helped hugely. I wasn't as famous as Hugh Grant, but I certainly began to work.
- Anna Chancellor
More
Will
The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.
- Anna Held
Beautiful
I Am
I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous.
- Anna Kournikova
Difficult
Substance
To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.
- Anna Wintour
Movies
Exploring
Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.
- Annette Bening
More
Than
I'm more interested in being good than being famous.
- Annie Leibovitz
Want
Monarchy
You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago.
- Anthony Holden
Rest
No Interest
I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
- Anthony Hopkins
Myself
Like
It's hard to say I don't like being famous, but how I feel is that I don't see myself as that person. It baffles me that people would want a picture with me.
- Anthony Joshua
Country
My Own
It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.'
- Antje Traue
Very
Well Known
I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.
- Anton Corbijn
Dancing
Never
I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.
- Anton du Beke
Goal
Scoring
'Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous.
- Anton du Beke
Feel
Actually
I actually don't feel famous.
- Anwar Robinson
Want
Hugely
I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'
- Archie Panjabi
Know
Palestinian
There is a famous saying: 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.
- Ariel Sharon
Being
Part
The stalkers can get a little scary at times, but I guess all these things are a part of being famous.
- Armaan Malik
Man
Only
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
More
Gauge
It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.
- Arthur Smith
Someone
Profession
If you are famous, you should find someone who understands your profession but doesn't do it.
- Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
Date
Agent
If you are famous, single, and actually want to build a relationship that works, don't look to date your co-stars... just ask them to set you up with their agent.
- Ashlan Gorse Cousteau
Always
Actress
I just wanted to be an actress. It never occurred to me that I could become famous, because I'm not one of those people who's automatically going to be the lead. I always saw myself as the mate.
- Ashley Jensen
My Life
Normal
I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal.
- Ashley Madekwe
Celebrity
Reaction
My reaction when I hear the word 'celebrity' is, 'Who, me?' It doesn't feel like I'm famous.
- Charlie Cox
My Own
Deal
I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.
- Charlie Kaufman
More
Kind
They used to but not any more. You kind of get used to it - you accept it is part of your job - if you're famous and you want this life, you have got to accept this part of it as well.
- Charlotte Church
Fact
Stopped
I don't ever want to be famous. I never want to live that life. I genuinely hate the fact that I would be stopped for a picture or an autograph all the time.
- Charlotte Dujardin
Always
Like
I'd always tell my mom, 'I want to be famous like Claudia Schiffer or Brigitte Bardot.'
- Charlotte McKinney
Always
Been
I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful.
- Chazz Palminteri
Like
Makes
I follow the most random people on Twitter. I follow famous people like Khloe Kardashian, who surprisingly makes really funny tweets all the time.
- Chloe Grace Moretz
Love
Compete
Now, we believe that the majority of teachers in America know our system must be reformed, to put students first so that America can compete, that teachers don't teach to become rich or famous. They teach because they love children.
- Chris Christie
Self-Esteem
Before
Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.
- Chris Evert
Love
I Love
I love being famous. It's almost like being white.
- Chris Rock
News
Reasons
Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
- Christine Lahti
Shadow
Been
How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow.
- Christopher Golden
Doing
Becoming
It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, 'I don't want to be famous.' But the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work.
- Christopher Lambert
London
Became
My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carandini, Madame Carandini.
- Christopher Lee
My Life
Poetic
Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.
- Christopher Plummer
Hair
Before
My hair was famous before I was.
- Christopher Walken
Alongside
Composer
You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.
- Cliff Martinez
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