Celebrity Quotes · Page 23

Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing.

— Tarana Burke

The culture of celebrity has become insane. It's all based on fantasy, and I find it creepy and disturbing.

— Sophia Myles

If we can use our celebrity status to sell cola, soap and chips, why can't we sell a dream?

— Kunal Kapoor

For me, I was never someone who wanted to hold on to the celebrity image.

— Eddie the Eagle

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

— Michael Johnson

Yeah, it's just a lame term. I wish it was "movie star." That's a much better term than celebrity.

— Jeff Vespa

“The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature; the celebrity reveals the possibilities of the media.”

— Daniel J. Boorstin

People are people. All that celebrity tagging doesn't bother me at all.

— Katie Price

I haven't done 'Celebrity Poker Showdown,' and I would love them to have me, but I think I'm not a big enough…

— Robin Weigert

People say I'm a celebrity chef, and I am on telly a lot but that's because I judge contests. Perhaps I'm more…

— Prue Leith

The neighborhood grocery clerk asked for my picture. Does this mean I can no longer wear pajama bottoms when I grocery shop?

— Carly Rae Jepsen

In America, there's this type of expectation of just-add-water celebrity, this type of, "Of course you found me; we're all going to…

— Kehinde Wiley

I loathe the word 'celebrity,' and I hope I'm not a diva. Whenever I see diva-ish behaviour, I just leave the room;…

— David Harewood

[The currency of being celebrity] used to be only the elect had any manna in the information society and everyone else was…

— William Gibson

I always say as a celebrity you have two choices - you can be a celebrity, or you can be a role…

— Amber Riley

Celebrity and actor are two completely different professions, and I don't believe that they mix if you want to maintain any sort…

— Sarah Lancashire

“To create what it does, Hollywood has to draw young people, often of unstable temperment, from all over the world. It plunges…

— Max Lerner

Perhaps it's time to stop analyzing Sarah Palin as a politician. Maybe, in her own muddled way, she is at last owning…

— Tina Brown

What I wanted to be and who I am is a singer and a songwriter. I wanted to be onstage, and I…

— Katy Perry

I'm particularly proud of my work with the Starkey Hearing Foundation for whom I raised a million dollars in one day on…

— Marlee Matlin

'Celebrity' is sort of an idea. I mean, I get to do something extraordinary, but I don't think it makes me extraordinary.…

— Justin Timberlake

Maybe I've been a small part of the democratisation of celebrity, because I've been fascinated by it, and when it started to…

— William Gibson

I'm gonna say this and I really mean it - I'm very thankful that I'm not a huge star. I've all the…

— Don McLean

I have filed multiple defamations where my wife's name is mentioned relating to any of my personal battles. It's incorrect and the…

— Raj Kundra

I think for everybody celebrity, fame, is a dream. People see it as a blessing.

— Audrey Tautou

I don't really consider myself a celebrity. I consider myself more of a role model.

— Lisa Leslie

The outside world hardly knows me and thinks Jwala is a celebrity.

— Jwala Gutta

I've always have loved reality programmes. 'Big Brother,' 'I'm A Celebrity,' they're my guilty pleasure.

— Amy Childs

You know, I never really thought of myself as a 'celebrity.' One of the titles that I like least is 'celebrity chef.'

— Wolfgang Puck

What is the difference between a celebrity and a not so celebrity? It's probably just one film.

— Juliet Asante

Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.

— Rupert Graves

When you walk up to opportunity's door don't knock on it. Kick that bitch in, smile, and introduce yourself.

— The Rock

My biggest celebrity crush is either Ryan Reynolds or Caleb Followill, the lead singer of Kings of Leon.

— Hillary Scott

Fans have this perception that they can say anything to you because you are a celebrity.

— Charles Barkley

I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.

— Carroll Shelby

There is dignity in being a celebrity. Let us not lose that dignity.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought.

— Edmund White

Normally, on the rare chance that a celebrity comes to my property, I get real nervous.

— Dale Earnhardt Jr

My dream was to play cricket for Australia. I knew nothing about celebrity until I got stuck with being one.

— Michael Clarke

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

— Anonymous