Badness Quote by Mary McCarthy

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

— Joe Calzaghe

I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.

— Al Pacino

You can't win fame; you have to earn it. If you're given fame without working for it, then you're not going to be ready…

— Lemmy

Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.

— Kate McKinnon

I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised…

— Charlie Simpson

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I wanted to be seen as a good person, and never wanted to let people down, but I found it hard to handle the…

— Greg LeMond

I never dealt with fame. It was never a goal of mine to become famous.

— Boris Kodjoe

Nothing can be good if you do it for money or for fame.

— Robert Pattinson

Fame isn't something I signed up for, it's just a by-product of what I wanted to do.

— Josh O'Connor

Some people bought into the whole fame thing more than others, but I never did. I never felt I belonged; I wasn't confident.

— Goldie

The main downside was that it [fame] happened so quickly and I didn't have time to establish what kind of person I wanted to…

— George Michael