Being Famous Quotes - Page 2

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

  Anita Ekberg

  Movie, Way, Actresses

  "R.I.P. Anita Ekberg (1931-2015)" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2015.

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• Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.

  Lili Taylor

  Real, Humble, Self

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• Sometimes I like [being famous], sometimes I don't. I've always been a people watcher. I like to go to malls and just sit, and I can't do that very easily anymore.

  Drew Carey

  People, Sometimes, Malls

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

  Jason Lee

  Play, Games, Hollywood

  "Jason Lee: 20(ish) Questions". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. June 1, 2006.

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• I never had any desire to be famous. I find people who do really sad. I genuinely feel sorry for them because there is nothing of substancein their lives. I am happy when I am writing or performing. Not when I sit there being "famous". I like recognition for my work, but not recognition for being "that bloke off the telly". It is genuinely humbling when a woman comes up to me, as someone did recently, to say she wanted to commit suicide after her husband died, and my show cheered her up and made her feel better. That's great.

  Steve Coogan

  Suicide, Sorry, Husband

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• I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.

  Bob Marley

  Fame, Handle

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• Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren't famous, and a lot of famous people aren't important.

  Arlo Guthrie

  People, Important

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• Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No matter how tightly you keep the lid on, there is some watered stock of vanity inside. You are always in danger of the thing's coming off and of giving yourself an air or two. No man or woman was ever so distinguished that this exhibition did not make him ridiculous, especially to those of meaner minds.

  Corra May Harris

  Humble, Men, Air

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• Being famous very often means sacrificing your privacy and that of others. You have to impose on those close to you a pace and lifestyle that might be a bigger sacrifice for others than it is for you.

  Giorgio Armani

  Mean, Sacrifice, Pace

  Interview with Daniela Morera, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2008.

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• There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.

  Woody Allen

  Thinking, Car, House

  "Woody Allen Interview To Rome With Love". Press conference with Woody Allen, www.moviesonline.ca. June, 2012.

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• When I'm on the red carpet, I'm prepared for [the attention.] But the worst thing is on planes, when you're asleep and you're woken up by a camera flashing. That's a little bit much. But what do you do? It's a part of [being famous]. Unfortunately.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Cameras, Attention, Littles

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• I always wanted to be a movie star. I thought it meant being famous and having breakfast in bed. I didn't know you had to be up at 4:00 a.m.

  June Allyson

  Stars, Bed, Actors

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• I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.

  Noel Gallagher

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• The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

  Kristen Stewart

  Giving, First Impression, Firsts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Fame, Convenient

  Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2005.

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• I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.

  Rick Riordan

  Stars, Thinking, Movie Star

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• 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

  Crazy, Nice, People

  Esquire, January 2003.

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• Being famous is just like being in high school. But, I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed.

  Courtney Love

  Cheerleading, School, Cheerleader

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

  Dave Chappelle

  Fame, Horrible

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• I think it's much more interesting when people say, "I love being famous. I love the attention and getting laid and having people I respect admire me," than when they pretend it hasn't had an effect on them.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Love Is, Thinking, People

  "New Again: Leonardo DiCaprio". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, Amanda Duberman, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2012.

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• I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?

  David Budbill

  Humility, Humble, Want

  David Budbill (2012). “Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse”, p.56, Copper Canyon Press

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• There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too

  Sharon Stone

  Fame, Good Things

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• I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple. I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it...Music is spiritual. The music business is not. Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

  Van Morrison

  Spiritual, Song, Jobs

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• We reward people a lot for being rich, for being famous, for being cute, for being thin... one of the values I think we need to instill in our country, in our children, is a sense of 'usefulness', in other words, are we useful, are we making other peoples' lives a little bit better?

  Barack Obama

  Cute, Country, Money

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• I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

  Debra Winger

  Thinking, Actresses, Fame

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