Afraid Quote by Wes Bentley

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

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 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

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

— J. K. Rowling

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

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

— Tom Fletcher

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

— Rodney Crowell

I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.

— Samantha Fox

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing.

— Sharon Stone

One of the big things that broke the band up for me, which I've become much clearer on over the years, was that I…

— James Murphy

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

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

— Trevor Dunn