We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules.

I married a pretty famous girl, and when we drive through town there's usually a car following us, when I walk out of my front door in Chelsea there's six guys waiting for me.

I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.

I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.

In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.

I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.

These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.

My mother was loved by so many people, famous and not so famous.

When I was younger, I remember there was a really famous book, and it was called 'The People Could Fly.' And so this idea of, kind of like, black characters kind of jumping into space and kind of the challenge that they presented to gravity I thought was really interesting.

I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'

Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.

I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA.

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world.

Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

If you play a real character who's famous and still alive, it makes things easier if you have the luck to have a good relationship with them.

Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although 'Tsotsi' the book was written in the '60s, it was only published in the '80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance.

I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.

The scientists I looked up to at the beginning were not Latino. They were famous scientists of many years ago, like Madame Curie. Later, I realized that there were also, but a very few, Latino scientists. There were good ones, but very few, because there wasn't as much a tradition to be a scientist in our culture. But this is changing.

I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.

At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north; and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men.

What is it about the cut of certain clothes that signals 'VIP?' Men's Brioni suits and Charvet shirts are famous for it.

All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs.

Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Charles James was a dear friend of mine when I was a little boy - 17, 18. He was mad as a hatter. I had no idea how famous he was.

Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out.

I was a little boy singing sad songs, about 9 or 10 years old in the woods. I listened to my voice coming back to me. It was as high as you could go. I dreamed of being famous as a singer when I was on those cotton fields. I wanted to see the world and meet people.

I've never been interested in being famous. I enjoy acting. That's what's important to me.

Born a slave, Harriet Tubman was determined not to remain one. She escaped from her owners in Maryland on the Underground Railroad in 1849 and then fearlessly returned thirteen times to help guide family members and others to freedom as the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.

All writers have the idea that they are famous.

Wherever I go, there's always a child, an old woman, that comes to me and wants to meet me. Not because I am famous but because they suffered with my family.

Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled.

Sweden is famous for many things - but not fashion.

You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.

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

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.

Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation.

Vegas is famous for a lot of things, and bad marriages are one of them. Margo and I are proof that you can make this work. It just takes a little effort.

If you become famous and don't have a live show to back it up, they're not going to pay you any money.

I begged the universe to make me a famous comedian, and it did. So I tend not to ask for any more.

I don't like to do material people have heard. Now, they like to hear material that they know, because that's the stuff that made me famous, and, unfortunately, I don't do a ton of it.

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.

Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.

I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

Never, never have a famous partner. It's too complicated.