Famous - Quotes & Sayings
Honestly, this face of mine will always be familiar to people. It's that unique quality, man. If it's a dark and crowded room, people are just able to point me out. I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.
CeeLo GreenCelebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.
Nicolas ChamfortIt's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions.
Carmelo AnthonyI see a lot of young kids hit me on Twitter all the time, like, 'I want to be famous! Listen to my mixtape! I wish I could be like you!' But a lot comes with it. It's not easy.
Amber RoseI'm an active participation guy. No matter how much money you make, no matter how famous you are, you're not above going outside and cutting trees. I do it all the time.
Bill GoldbergNo matter how much money you make, no matter how famous you are, you're not above going outside and cutting trees. I do it all the time.
Bill GoldbergBeing famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.
William HurtNo one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.
Wesley SnipesThe advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.
Elliott ErwittI was famous in our college for calm and impassionate discussion; for one whole summer, I rose at five and went to bed at midnight, that I might have sufficient time for theology and metaphysics.
William GodwinI didn't get into writing to make money or get famous or any of that. I got into it to hit hearts, and man, when I get letters not just from the soldiers but from their kids, especially their kids, it makes it all worthwhile.
Tim O'BrienI am beautiful, famous and gorgeous.
Anna KournikovaMy family has existed in eastern Kentucky for as long as there are records. If you're familiar with the famous Hatfield-McCoy family feud back in the 1860s, '70s and '80s in the United States, my family was an integral part of that.
J. D. VanceThere's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the so-called Carterfone decision in 1968.
Walt MossbergI became famous, I think, really because of the interpretation of other people's songs, way back when, and that's what I enjoy the most. And I'm a lazy bugger.
Rod StewartThere is this power that comes with being famous.
Rod StewartI'm so fascinated by YouTube culture. I have no idea how it's working, but more and more people are becoming Internet famous, and it is because it allows you to have an atmosphere in which you feel comfortable to be yourself, which you might not get otherwise.
Aubrey PeeplesAs communicators and marketers, people are so accustomed to thinking from the 'top down.' Finding the great analyst or the famous journalist who will endorse what you do and tell the rest of the world to go and buy your product.
Guy KawasakiFamous is celebrityism, and I don't want that... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.
Robin WrightI served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.
Sun Myung MoonWhen I started on MySpace, people wanted to support me, but once I rose to fame with the MTV show, they felt like I had abandoned them for some reason, that I was too famous to talk to them anymore.
Tila TequilaHaving bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.
Dolph LundgrenI'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 DamonI fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double - it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don't really give them anything.
Matt DamonI don't know the literary world; I was scared of being confronted with famous names, not knowing what they had written. It was occupied territory I was entering.
John le CarreI was so young when I got so famous, and then I kind of put up a wall around myself. I didn't really want to show people any fragilities or fears; I was trying to be this tough person that I felt was expected of me.
Dolores O'RiordanWhen the Greatest Hits came out and we did that tour, I just felt I wanted to take a break, totally. Probably because, as well, I was so young when I got famous. I did album, tour, album, tour, album, tour, then I had a public nervous breakdown where I just lost tons of weight.
Dolores O'RiordanI enjoyed living in Canada, where my husband comes from, because I was treated like any ordinary person. I became a volunteer at my children's school; I went into the classroom. It was very grounding. I got sick of being famous.
Dolores O'RiordanI was so famous that I couldn't leave the hotel room. I remember looking out of the window at all these fans but just feeling so isolated.
Dolores O'RiordanI've had offers that could've made me much richer and much more famous than I am.
Harry Dean StantonI could have been a lot more famous and played leading men and everything. For whatever reason, I didn't go for it.
Harry Dean StantonFame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.
Harry Dean StantonI think I am very proud of being associated with quality things. So if I were massively famous for doing massively beloved things, yeah, that sounds great.
B. J. NovakBecause I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'
Rachel WeiszFame, I have already. Now I need the money.
Wilhelm SteinitzQuentin is very organic; there was no way that he was going to put someone else's hand in there and anyway, my hands are kind of famous. It seemed right.
David CarradineBefore I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always comes in handy. Working with animals... Well, I just enjoyed that. That was the most peaceful time.
Cyndi LauperThis whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.
John C. ReillyNobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It's all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that.
Sandra LeeAs a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.
Gwen StefaniI know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.
Jeremy RennerWhen people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.
Ravi ShankarI don't feel famous.
Uma ThurmanThe press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famous you have to put up with this kind of stuff.
Roberto CavalliIn the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.
Roberto CavalliWhy should it matter to us when wrestlers are found dead in their beds or seen limping around on two fake hips? Why should it matter to us that there's a list of modern wrestlers who died before the age of 50 - many of them famous - and that the list is more than 70 names long? Hey, there's always another wave of guys on the way. Always.
Bill SimmonsI have no desire to be famous at all.
Casey AffleckFame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.
Nick CarterI'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.
Dane CookPart of me wants to stay involved in wrestling, because I love it. But the thing I loved most about it was the wrestling part of it. I didn't get into it to be famous or to be a TV star: I got into it because I loved the act of wrestling.
Daniel Bryan