Contributing Quote by Alanis Morissette

I think fame became exciting for me in the late '90s because I could actually use it as a means to an end. I…

— Alanis Morissette

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

— Jesse Metcalfe

Suddenly fame came along and I started getting attention, and it was so foreign to me that it took a long time to get…

— Gok Wan

Fame changed my life completely because, for a while, I was in a position to choose what I did. I miss that aspect. But…

— Tim Pigott-Smith

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

— Elle Macpherson

I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and…

— Sandra Oh

Before, it had been fame, and then super-fame came. And then it became super-super-fame. One loses one's personal life, really; you're recognized everywhere. But…

— Donovan

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

— Trevor Dunn

I wanted fame, but I thought it would be incremental, and I became afraid of the overnight-sensation thing.

— Wes Bentley

I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used…

— Kate Upton

I do not think a similar goal, to attain fame, drove me when I was a child and young woman.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it.

— Trent Reznor