Fame Quotes - Page 37

• Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

  Chris Evert

  Self Esteem, Personality, Dangerous

  "A Separate Peace" by Steve Friedman, www.elle.com. August 17, 2011.

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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, I Realized

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• Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Thinking, Bodyguard, Being Famous

  Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.menshealth.com. August 15, 2012.

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• To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Jobs, Believe, Simply You

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

  Fran Drescher

  Tickets, Events, Tables

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• It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

  Gary Barlow

  Artist, Phones, Giving

  "Gary Barlow: the sexy one". Interview With Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2011.

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• I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

  Helen Slater

  Stills, Havens, Knows

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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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• Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

  Johnny Mathis

  Way, Doing What You Want, Sometimes

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• I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

  Martin Yan

  Thinking, Constraints, Being Famous

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• I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.

  Matt Damon

  Thinking, People, May

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

  Michelle Pfeiffer

  Giving Up, Loss, Sides

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

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• Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

  Peter Carey

  Village, Being Famous

  "Peter Carey: making it up as he goes along" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2012.

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• At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

  Phil Donahue

  Firsts, Enjoyed, Being Famous

  Phil Donahue (1979). “My own story, Donahue”

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• The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

  Robert De Niro

  Nice, People, Hardest

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.

  Sean Lennon

  Grateful, Play, People

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

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• I can never really enjoy being famous.

  Utada Hikaru

  Enjoy, Being Famous, I Can

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

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

  Valentino Rossi

  Ferrari, Driving, Prison

  "Ferrari is the ultimate challenge for me" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2005.

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

  Vince Gill

  Normal, Being Famous

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• 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

  Luxury, People, World

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

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• Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

  Aidan Quinn

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

  Ang Lee

  Rich, Get Rich

  "EXCLUSIVE: Karan Johar interviews Ang Lee". Interview with Karan Johar, www.hindustantimes.com. November 04, 2012.

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• Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

  Barbra Streisand

  Doing Right

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

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Thinking, Car, Towns

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• Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.

  Douglas Coupland

  Doors, World, Forget

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