'Heavenly Creatures' was really the idea of Fran Walsh. It was a very famous New Zealand murder case, but not one that people knew much about.

I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.

You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.

We all have Tumblr, and we all have Instagram and everything. People care so much about it because, now, any random can be famous on the Internet if their world looks good on Tumblr. And so everyone at high school strives for this kind of aesthetic correctness.

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.

I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.

When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.

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!

I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have.

Sometimes I dream to be alone and that nobody would talk to me. But I understand that football is really important and that everybody watches it. When you're famous, you have to do photos or autographs, especially for the kids.

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.

I've been famous for a long, long time. So I don't think of it - I think of it very differently. It's the normal temperature of my room.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.

It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew who I was. I was going to be famous if it killed me.

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.

I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk.

If I had never gotten famous or rich, I think I'd be equally neurotic.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble.

That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?

I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

When you're poor, you are invisible. Every poor person will tell you nobody sees you. So being famous was me just wanting to be seen.

It was never in my mind to be famous.

You don't become a chef to become famous.

I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

'Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous; I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view.

The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get.

I'm like a famous person to some people, not to everybody. I want to be big.

I earned my famous name.

My daughter couldn't care less about me being famous. She finds it revolting and, like a lot of teenagers, is virtually allergic to me. That started at 12 and hasn't gone anywhere yet.

My mother has been famous for longer than anyone else alive.

One thing about D.C. that's funny to me is that you end up running into famous political figures who you've seen on television who you think are not real until you see them.

Nikola Tesla, one of Colorado's famous residents, always believed that the gasoline engine made no sense.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

Celebrities have more influence to be able to reach out to people, but people are becoming famous on Facebook and social media every day.

I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.

I was a grown-up when 'celebrity' happened. So I knew exactly what it was like to be in line at a restaurant and watch someone famous walk in and get a table immediately. I knew I didn't like that; I don't want to make somebody else feel the way I felt.

Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous.

I became very famous, as a teenager, and my name and photo were splashed in all the media. They made me larger than life, so I wanted to live larger than life, and the only way to do that was to be intoxicated.

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.

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.

Our country was not built to support blood dynasties or to elevate the rich and famous to a higher ethical or constitutional plain.

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