America Quote by David Essex

I became a teen idol. At the time, it embarrassed me.

— Jose Feliciano

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.

— Rick Springfield

Whatever was clean I would wear, and I never pandered to that pop idol thing. But they stuck me in various teenage magazines and…

— David Essex

Being a teen idol or being a heartthrob on all the magazines, with Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, and Scott Baio - it was embarrassing!…

— Willie Aames

I was offered an opportunity to do the Sports Illustrated cover when they did the skin cover with Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey. That…

— Liz Carmouche

The Hollywood lifestyle was just overwhelming. A party here, an interview there, magazine and modeling shoots daily, your face everywhere and girls throwing themselves…

— Kirk Cameron

I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.

— John Cusack

With 'Dancing With the Stars,' there was an opportunity that was put before me because of a level of notoriety, but then it's my…

— Ariana Madix

I was so young when I got so famous, and then I kind of put up a wall around myself. I didn't really want…

— Dolores O'Riordan

Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.

— Ryan White

Not only did I come out as a reality star that was very boisterous and vivacious and outspoken and all those things. I flipped…

— NeNe Leakes

When I was a teen idol, I was so goddamn pretty I wouldn't have taken myself seriously.

— Rob Lowe