Decadence Quote by Jesse Metcalfe

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

As a young man, I craved fame. I was trying to fix holes in my soul that were there from childhood.

— Rodney Crowell

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

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 is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

— Sinead O'Connor

Fame is not all it's cracked up to be, and I felt self-conscious in the public eye.

— Tom Fletcher

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

— Lady Gaga

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

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

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

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

— Gloria Swanson

Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.

— Laura Linney

The phenomenon of fame is literally invisible, but it influences and dominates your life if you aren't careful.

— Penn Badgley