Most people sitting at home aren't cool, successful, witty Hollywood stars, but they all worry about what people think of them when… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
If you want to be famous, you have to do whatever youre doing worse than anyone else in the whole world. — Miroslav Tichy Copy Share Image
Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
People think that it's fun to meet celebrities - but what do you mean by "celebrity"? Someone you recognise? What are they… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
There's no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the… — Alan Jackson Copy Share Image
The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
“They actually succeed in spelling his name right in the newspapers. That in itself is fame, on the continent.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Without the necessary humility to worship, I subconsciously desired to be worshiped, not in a crazy Napoleanic manner, but like a modern-day… — Tarek Saab Copy Share Image
There were only 170 neurologists in Britain then and, whether spoken or unspoken, there was this insidious feeling. How can Bannister, a… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
“This is no longer a tale about whether you will find fame or fortune or your perfect little happy ending. This is… — Soman Chainani Copy Share Image
“Everyone is beautiful and talented in their own special way. Some people can sing, dance, play instruments, teach, and more. You may… — Amaka Imani Nkosazana Copy Share Image
I dont think that people do enough, but then again what is enough at the end of the day. We want to… — Vanessa Simmons Copy Share Image
I'm actively trying to get away from the over-exposure that happened eight years ago. The only thing a celebrity can do in… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
The thirst for fame is much greater than that for virtue; for who would embrace virtue itself if you take away its… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing. — Wes Bentley Copy Share Image
What celebrities hope is that people identify not so much that they're particularly special or different, but they identify with them. We… — Ernie Hudson Copy Share Image
A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different… — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
Fame grows like a tree if it have the principle of growth in it; the accumulated dews of ages freshen its leaves. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
“The Internet, my fickle friend, my two-faced enemy, what would life be like without you? Where else can I be anonymously anyone… — Susan Schussler Copy Share Image
He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In America , there's a just-add-water reality TV world in which people expect to get their Warholian 15 minutes of fame. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
I don't know if I was a star. I was certainly working a lot and that was strange because there were good… — Jennifer Connelly Copy Share Image
Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes… — Meg Ryan Copy Share Image
I'm not much of a famous-person friend. I've hung out with Brooke Shields and I don't think I've ever seen that kind… — Ana Gasteyer Copy Share Image
One thing I love is that I don't have a lot of people running around Hollywood saying 'I've had her,' because guys… — Barbi Benton Copy Share Image
The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle… — Jean-Claude Van Damme Copy Share Image
When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved -… — Horatio Nelson Copy Share Image
The amount of work you need to do to become a very successful celebrity is something I'm not prepared to do. — Rupert Graves Copy Share Image
I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut… — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
Myself and The Beatles thought surely there was a way through our fame and success to bring something to our generation to… — Donovan Copy Share Image
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… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
As a young concert-going person, I was never enamoured with celebrities who would walk out to feature in certain songs and then… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I really thought twice about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when that came in. I always was of a mind… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
I've learned through experience that to trouble celebrities with my handshake doesn't do anybody any good. — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
All I know is that I have earned a lot of love and affection from people throughout the years. That's my greatest… — Dharmendra Copy Share Image
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