Quotes About Being Famous

#1. My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

Wynonna Judd

#2. I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?

David Budbill

#3. At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

Phil Donahue

#4. I can never really enjoy being famous.

Utada Hikaru

#5. I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

Bryan Greenberg

#6. There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

Sharon Stone

#7. Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

Liz Phair

#8. This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are.

Oprah Winfrey

#9. I used to be like everyone else and think the Kardashians are just famous for being famous. But I've been really impressed with how supportive Kim Kardashian has been of Caitlyn Jenner.

Anne Hathaway

#10. Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

Van Morrison

#11. I've never been interested in being famous. I enjoy acting. That's what's important to me.

Dominic Sherwood

#12. When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it wasn't just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.

Wilma Rudolph

#13. Being famous is such a gift for me because small things make people's lives brighter. You just shake somebody's hand. You just smile and write your name and people will talk about it for the rest of their lives.

Will Smith

#14. I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.

Sean Maguire

#15. I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous ... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

Edie Campbell

#16. Mari was what was known as an underachiever, which even an underachiever knew was sociology code for "overfailer." She was famous in the Lore for the simple fact that one day she might be worth being famous. All hype-no substance. That was Mari.

Kresley Cole

#17. I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!

Bruce Dickinson

#18. In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.

Roberto Cavalli

#19. Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.

Mick Jagger

#20. I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

Kat Dennings

#21. The reason I keep acting is that it fuels some kind of passion in me, but the day that those butterflies stop, is the day that I'm gonna quit because I could care less about the magazines or being famous or the money or the awards.

Shailene Woodley

#22. People think that being famous is just about having your picture taken all the time and being rich rich rich, and you know what? ... They're absolutely right.

Madonna Ciccone

#23. I've learned it's not about being famous and big money. L.A. can be a fun place, but when it comes down to it - and this might sound hokey - there's no place like home.

Amy Locane

#24. The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

Justin Timberlake

#25. I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.

Gabourey Sidibe

#26. One of the words I railed against was "personality," as in a "TV personality." But now I wonder if it isn't the only word for that vast swarm of people who are famous for being famous - and possibly nothing else. What did the Gabor sisters actually do?

William Zinsser

#27. Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.

Dolph Lundgren

#28. The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.

Britney Spears

#29. Being famous hasn't made my life any easier. Every minute I'm dealing with the baby-sitters is one more minute I'm not training.

Hermann Maier

#30. I don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really good."

Laurie Anderson

#31. I don't look at myself as being famous. I look at myself as an athlete. If the money is there, I'd be happy, but I have to be happy within myself first.

Florence Griffith Joyner

#32. When I'm on the red carpet, I'm prepared for [the attention.] But the worst thing is on planes, when you're asleep and you're woken up by a camera flashing. That's a little bit much. But what do you do? It's a part of [being famous]. Unfortunately.

Beyonce Knowles

#33. And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

Tom Felton

#34. I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated.

Marvin Gaye

#35. I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do good work; don't ever get too big for your breeches; always be an authentic person; don't worry too much about being famous and rich because that doesn't amount to too much.

Ruth Simmons

#36. I get what you're saying, but my hanging with the ladies is mostly for publicity when I'm on tour. I don't sleep with that many girls. Well, not all of them. Okay, I'm trying to behave myself. It's not easy being famous!

Michelle Sutton

#37. Part of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and it's a sacred act, putting yourself out there, in a way that lots of celebrities aren't steeled for; they're not prepared for the degree to which people define them.

Alanis Morissette

#38. Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

Chris Rock

#39. In the realm of pop celebrity, the bar has been lowered so far that there is no bar. People can be famous for being famous, famous for being infamous, famous for having once been famous and, thanks largely to the Internet, famous for not being famous at all.

Tom Shales

#40. If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.

Moon Unit Zappa

#41. I don't want to be famous for being famous.

Kelli O'Hara

#42. I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.

Nate Berkus

#43. The promise of celebrity is a transcendental human state of existence. It's not real. We do know the fact that celebrities as mortal beings exist and if you are looking for love by being famous or being around the famous - ultimately that goes away.

George Hickenlooper

#44. To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

Diablo Cody

#45. Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

Dave Chappelle

#46. Being famous is not the same as being important. A lot of important people aren't famous, and a lot of famous people aren't important.

Arlo Guthrie

#47. If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

Matthew Perry

#48. The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.

Michael Jordan

#49. It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

Gary Barlow

#50. We reward people a lot for being rich, for being famous, for being cute, for being thin ... one of the values I think we need to instill in our country, in our children, is a sense of 'usefulness', in other words, are we useful, are we making other peoples' lives a little bit better?

Barack Obama

#51. Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

Cat Deeley

#52. To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

Evangeline Lilly

#53. I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

Richard Lewis

#54. Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

Larry Wall

#55. Winning one soul for JESUS CHRIST worth more than being famous in pleasing a sinful world

James C. Uwandu

#56. Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.

Madonna Ciccone

#57. One of the problems with being famous is people mob you wherever you go. Many of them ask very irritating questions. If I were not the shortest woman in the world, I would not have become famous.

Jyoti Amge

#58. I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

Debra Winger

#59. There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

Jon Glaser

#60. I've always been passionate about acting. I haven't been passionate about being famous.

David Alpay

#61. I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?

Wale

#62. When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

Domhnall Gleeson

#63. There aren't many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that's a 24 hour job right there.

Bill Murray

#64. Being famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants ... I wish it would do more interesting things!

Russell Brand

#65. I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.

Andy Rooney

#66. I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

Annie Leibovitz

#67. People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.

Ja Rule

#68. Oh, it's soo hard being famous! I can't date anybody because everybody just wants my hot body and my Twilight millions!

Taylor Lautner

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

Noomi Rapace

#70. I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

Valentino Rossi

#71. Everyone in New York City thinks they are famous without being famous.

Ethan H. Minsker

#72. The thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do.

Madonna Ciccone

#73. Being famous is wicked, but being normal is better.

Rupert Grint

#74. I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

Zach Galifianakis

#75. I never pursued being 'famous.'

Francesca Annis

#76. When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.

Ellen DeGeneres

#77. In my 20s, I was a monk. I was obsessed with theatre, not being famous, not with television. I was 20 years on the stage before I set foot in front of a camera.

Saul Rubinek

#78. I'm not interested in being famous or anything, but I'm definitely interested in expressing emotions, and acting and filmmaking can be great outlets for that. Filmmaking is an incredible art.

Ellar Coltrane

#79. Over the past 10 years of being famous, my relationship with the camera has not been a pleasant one.

Ryan Phillippe

#80. Being famous is not all that one should want in life ... there is much more to life than name and fame ...

Amit Abraham

#81. I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

Chris Rock

#82. If I have a girlfriend, I don't bring her to flaunt her. She doesn't get to reap the benefits of me being famous.

Nick Diaz

#83. I handle fame by not being famous ... I'm not famous to me.

Bob Marley

#84. When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

Jason Lee

#85. I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.

Marianne Williamson

#86. It was never about sort of being famous. I just wanted to be good at what I did.

Katey Sagal

#87. You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

Diablo Cody

#88. For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard ... If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.

Shane Filan

#89. The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

Al Pacino

#90. Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid.

Miley Cyrus

#91. The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.

Madonna Ciccone

#92. Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

Johnny Mathis

#93. There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

Rashida Jones

#94. There is this power that comes with being famous.

Rod Stewart

#95. I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.

Gary Oldman

#96. If you are a giant mountain, you cannot escape from being famous; all that you can do is to pray for the fog to cover you up!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#97. Being famous without honor is a thing of no worth.

Alaric Longward

#98. I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

Kelly Reilly

#99. It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

Kate Adie

#100. Fame is not just about being able to get out of a limo in Leicester Square, it's about trying to get into your house when there are eight photographers outside. When you think about being famous, you don't think about all that stuff. You think about the glamour.

Rick Astley