The-winner-stands-alone Quote by Paulo Coelho

The celebrity syndrome. When people forget who they are and start to believe what other people say about them.

— Paulo Coelho

The arc of the celebrity phenomenon ultimately is: everything turns to dust and everything does go away.

— George Hickenlooper

Once you become a celebrity, you are no longer a person, but an archetype.

— Jennette McCurdy

I think that happens to a lot of people who find themselves thrust into the spotlight and becoming famous before they recognize what's happening…

— Linda D. Thompson

“We are what happens when the seemingly unthinkable celebrity rises to power. Our existence makes my eyes hurt.”

— Lidia Yuknavitch

I feel like when you're a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you're a real person.

— Big Sean

When it comes to the fame side of things. I don't think anybody, whether they're famous or not, could claim to understand that phenomenon…

— Penn Badgley

“Celebrity is now so common that its inherent absurdity has rendered it inoffensive”

— Dean Cavanagh

“People view celebrities from a place of envy and inferiority. Instead of being personally inspired by their great artistry they see them in a…

— Willa Shalit

To become a celebrity, a name - and I've actually met some that speak of themselves in the third person - it's scary. They…

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame…

— Jack Gleeson

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

— Anderson Cooper