Difficult Quote by Jacques Pierre Brissot

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

— Emily Dickinson

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

— Janeane Garofalo

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

— Paul Haggis

It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity.…

— Shirley Manson

Celebrity despicability is a precious thing.

— Rob Sheffield

Celebrity nowadays is so fleeting. You really have to have a legitimate talent to back it up.

— Aubrey O'Day

Celebrities are invariably celebrity-mad, just as liars always believe liars.

— Gore Vidal

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

— Eric Clapton

I'm the smartest celebrity you’ve ever dealt with. I’m not Britney Spears.

— Kanye West

I'm the smartest celebrity you've ever f***ing dealt with. I'm not Britney Spears.

— Kanye West

My take on celebrity is simply that some of us have to make a bigger fool of ourselves than others.

— Elliott Gould

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

— Noomi Rapace