Fame Quotes · Page 6

You should never enjoy fame because it's fake.

— Sean Strickland

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

— Ambrose Bierce

The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool.

— Frank Ocean

Celebrity is very weird.

— Javier Bardem

My buildings are more famous than me.

— Jean Nouvel

Once in a while, I remember that I am famous.

— Richa Chadha

I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-wisp.

— L. Frank Baum

I never thought about being famous.

— Damon Wayans

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

— Barry Gibb

Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

I don't want to become a superstar and not see my family anymore.

— Jean Dujardin

The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe.

— Homer

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

— Lucius Accius

I'm definitely someone that's private. I've never been interested in celebrity.

— Oscar Isaac

To myself alone do I owe my fame. [Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]

— Pierre Corneille

As far as the illusion of the fame, yes, I can definitely appreciate it.

— Tyler Perry

We were starting to lose track with Earth because fame and success brings you many things that you're not really prepared for…

— Paul Simonon

“We are what happens when the seemingly unthinkable celebrity rises to power. Our existence makes my eyes hurt.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not…

— Jamie Lee Curtis

Whoever has recognized the vainglory of individuality will not attach any store ("n'attachera aucun prix à", Fr.) to fame. The only one…

— African Spir

I made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But all I want in this world is for my kids to…

— Jason Taylor

The celebrity-making machine-photographers, paparazzi, press and stuff like that-can be ruthless.

— Catherine Keener

This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being…

— Oprah Winfrey

I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.

— Martin Yan

Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels. Actors were poor. Celebrities…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

It was never a goal of mine to become famous. So, I never projected any goals associated with that. But I did…

— Boris Kodjoe

“The more readily we make household names and the more numerous they become, the less are they worthy of our admiration... We…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Raise your children to love and embrace others. Tell them they are beautiful; they may grow up to be stars one day,…

— Kaiden Blake

I always thought that if you had any real proximity to famous people, that your obsession with famous people, would wane is…

— Lena Dunham

Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've…

— Jerry West

Ever since I managed with guaranteed contracts and all the media, you know, you can get distracted by fame and fortune. Your…

— Tony La Russa

And now, when I have summed up all my store, Thinking (so I myself deceive) So rich a chaplet thence to weave…

— Andrew Marvell

I'm not interested in fame at all.

— Crystal Reed

I want to be famous in my home.

— Mark Batterson

I'm not a celebrity. I'm a guy doing a job.

— Michael Avenatti

Celebrities are the doormats to power.

— Greg Gutfeld

I'm not a star, darling.

— June Brown

I never wanted this... to be in the public eye.

— Nadya Suleman

The life of fame was never meant for me.

— Kim Jong-hyun

I am not chasing stardom.

— Diana Penty