Famous Quotes

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It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home… — Terry O'Quinn
Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the… — Benjamin Disraeli
It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, 'I don't want… — Christopher Lambert
I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person. — Donna Leon
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. — Donna Leon
And I don't want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and… — Donna Leon
I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at… — David Oyelowo
People will go into an audition and a casting situation, and they'll see someone across the room that's perhaps slightly famous, or famous, and they… — Missi Pyle
I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants… — Franka Potente
I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it. — Kelly Reilly
I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to… — Noomi Rapace
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… — Gabourey Sidibe
I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big… — Gabourey Sidibe
In Australia, there is a very famous show called 'Home and Away.' I was cast on that at 15. The day I started filming, my… — Tammin Sursok
You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something! — Brett Somers
I got out of autobiography because my story is, I was famous, it was hard for me, I got into therapy. I had trouble with… — Courtney Thorne Smith
I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big city. — Dan Savage
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you… — Danny Strong
I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous. — Jenny Slate
I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but… — Jerry Spinelli
On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led… — Leonard Slatkin
I think there are just a million interviews in anthologies with famous musicians that are about the music, and they're really boring to read. — Neil Strauss
I mean I was famous for nothing. — Rick Springfield
By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in… — Ron Suskind
Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen? — Tom Sizemore

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