Quotes About Famous People

#1. Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It's been very negative. I'm either not good-looking enough, not a good enough actor or not successful enough for these people.

Dax Shepard

#2. You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

Marilu Henner

#3. The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.

Margot Kidder

#4. I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.

Diane Kruger

#5. I do know something about the news world. I was sitting on the floors of newsrooms since I was seven years old, and I've been around them my whole life. I understand that someone looks at a story with famous people in it, and you want to put it out.

George Clooney

#6. I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips.

Rebecca Black

#7. I would host a show where I take famous people out into the woods every week to find Bigfoot. I would do that. And you know what? We would find him in like a week.

Rob Huebel

#8. When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.

Wayne Rooney

#9. If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.

Trey Parker

#10. I don't like the idea of famous people.

Kristin Hersh

#11. I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

Mattie Stepanek

#12. I've walked with very famous people down red carpets over to the crowd of thousands of people, and you'll reach out to shake their hand and they've got a camera in their hand. And they don't even get their hand out, because they're recording the whole time.

George Clooney

#13. I was a fan of Andy's since I was a small kid. I recall seeing an ad of famous people on an airplane together. It was caricature drawing. There was Muhammad Ali, there was Miles Davis, and there was Andy Warhol. I had a fascination with him since I was little.

Jeffrey Deitch

#14. Not being well-versed in that arena myself, it's a little bit frightening because I'm not very good in those situations with lots of people and lots of famous people and cameras and all of that. It's not my specialty.

Johnny Depp

#15. Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.

Adam McKay

#16. Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.

Cameron Russell

#17. People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. Film stars get hushed awe, TV stars get slapped on the back. Neither is good for you. Famous people don't hear the word 'no' enough.

Tom Hollander

#18. I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn't come up to me and say, 'Hi Dave!'

David Zucker

#19. Famous people consume us because we are bored.

Lauren Groff

#20. I guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.

Ambeth R. Ocampo

#21. There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.

Ricky Gervais

#22. Famous people don't want to be told that you have a quality in common with them. It makes them think there's something crawling in their clothes.

Don DeLillo

#23. I'm really not for famous people who design a line for a company, when you know it's not really them creating it but a team of designers, especially when there are so many talented people who've taken the time to go and study fashion.

Bonnie Wright

#24. Have I ever been to a party with a ton of famous people in it? Yes, several times, so I guess that's a Hollywood lifestyle.

Michael Keaton

#25. I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.

Kristin Scott Thomas

#26. Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.

Larry Hagman

#27. A society needs famous people; the question is whom it chooses for that role. Any criticism of its choice is by implication a criticism of that society.

Max Frisch

#28. I've met a lot of famous people that I just thought were so unbelievable. For me, meeting Julie Andrews was probably the highlight of my life.

Laura Benanti

#29. The problem for us, as viewers, is that we want famous people who are passionate about the things they're famous for, because that makes them worthy of the attention. But I think many of those famous people just want to be famous.

Bo Burnham

#30. Famous people scare me. I get really nervous around famous people ... I overcompensate (with) how unimpressed I am, which is completely and utter rubbish. So I'm a fan.

Andrew Garfield

#31. I can't imagine anybody who has spoken to more, or presented more non-famous people on television in the history of the world.

Jerry Springer

#32. When famous people are nice to me, it feels good, so I'm happy to hang out with them. It's better than being at home, depressed, reading 'The Hobbit.'

Moby

#33. Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.

Julie Burchill

#34. I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

Bill Nighy

#35. And I don't think we should be continuing to propagate the idea that famous people are magical or special because it makes people feel like their lives ain't no good.

Russell Brand

#36. Believing that all famous people have tons of money saved up.

Paulo Coelho

#37. I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, 'Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast. They must have some special kind of cereal!' My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.

Bo Burnham

#38. Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.

Christopher Plummer

#39. Look at the news stand, you know? I mean, it's a cacophony of famous people or people who want to be famous with blurbs all around it, and it's supposed to be, you know, that's supposed to be creativity in journalism. My God, it's unbelievable. It's shocking.

George Lois

#40. My understanding of Twitter was that it was a bunch of famous people telling you when they're going to the bathroom. And, that was not something I wanted to be part of.

Kerry Washington

#41. I was worried that all the corners of the earth had been explored, all the great battles fought. The famous people on TV were athletes and actresses and singers. What did they stand for? I wondered: Had the time for heroes passed?

Eric Greitens

#42. We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

#43. That anyone would want to be famous still mystified Colin. As TV had trained him to do, he associated the word with divorces and court appearances and rehab and jail time. He knew more than he wanted about all of those except rehab, and that was the one famous people blew off anyway.

Harry Turtledove

#44. There should be a Web site that records all the risks a person has taken, all the famous people they've met, all their gnarly trips and bad decisions. Like a Web site that ranks who's lived the most." "Isn't that called Facebook?

Christopher Bollen

#45. I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.

Emir Kusturica

#46. It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.

Lillian Hellman

#47. Many of the most famous people in our culture have achieved their dreams but have still not found a way to enjoy them. They often turn to drugs because they feel unfulfilled. This is because they are missing the distinction between achieving one's goals and living one's values,

Anthony Robbins

#48. I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.

Charlie Kaufman

#49. I think people, especially the press, like to pick on children of famous people and I think that's awful. Things get made up. It's so, so sad. And there's absolutely nothing you can do about it as a 16-year-old. You're like ... 'Why? What did I do?'

Dakota Johnson

#50. I've never been one for crushing on famous people.

Daisy Ridley

#51. Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

Olivia De Havilland

#52. Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

Noel Gallagher

#53. I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

Ethan Hawke

#54. I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.

Gareth Bale

#55. You would think that with ten super-famous people in one movie, it's gonna be ten times more popular or viewed, but on some level, they can cancel each other out.

Guy Pearce

#56. I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

Russell Crowe

#57. All great and famous people understand that the chief priority in their life is to discover oneself, ones calling and to devote one's life to its fulfilment

Sunday Adelaja

#58. You know, one of the biggest thrills that I have is when famous people recognize me from "Taxi." When I was working with George C. Scott on "The Titanic," he knew every episode. He would quote lines from it ...

Marilu Henner

#59. The attraction of being wild is living on the edge, living up to the reputations of the people you've been following or emulating. People are always talking about how wild and exciting they were, but the key word is 'were', because there's a long list of dead, famous people.

Christian Slater

#60. I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#61. Famous people steal my quotes all of the time without knowing; none of it is ever very interesting though.

Robert DeCoteau

#62. The fact is fiction is always a representation of life, sometimes the lives of famous people.

Varley O'Connor

#63. You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb.

Jarvis Cocker

#64. Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room.

Helena Bonham Carter

#65. Celebrities say they date other celebrities because they have the same job. But I think they just like dating famous people. Celebrities attract each other, like cattle.

Jason Lee

#66. I heard some famous people had an anniversary, five long years together, it was Hollywood history. Now my grandma and grandpa never made no printed page, but they took the love of 57 years right to the grave.

Clay Walker

#67. I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.

David Walliams

#68. Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

Adam McKay

#69. George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

Alvin Lee

#70. I look at other people my age in this industry, other famous people my age, and they've just got famous friends. Which is cool, but I love being normal and just chilling at mine.

Maisie Williams

#71. If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.

Sia Furler

#72. When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

Barry Zito

#73. This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish.

Maisie Williams

#74. The public's appetite for famous people is a mouth as big as a mountain.

Robert Motherwell

#75. I am thrilled to write 'The Treasure Chest,' and to bring to life not only the childhoods of famous people from history, but also the characters of Maisie and Felix, who I hope you will fall in love with just as I have!

Ann Hood

#76. I come across famous people all the time. It's the respect factor I appreciate. They respect me, they respect what I've achieved and the manner I've done it. It's street credibility. They know where I'm coming from, they know my reputation.

Lennox Lewis

#77. No matter how many famous people were convicted of rape or murder, still the belief persisted, almost pagan in its intensity: not him. It couldn't be him. He's famous.

Robert Galbraith

#78. I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.

Allegra Huston

#79. It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

Daniel Radcliffe

#80. Famous people are above the law,

Ricky Gervais

#81. I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.

Madonna Ciccone

#82. I think you get the picture. [1976] was a year that like all years, a lot of things happened in. People were on TV or in movies, they wrote songs that were liked more than other songs, while other people excelled at sports, and, as always, a lot of accomplished and famous people died.

Carrie Fisher

#83. But I will never say anything about who they are, what teams they are on. I'm just saying there's some famous people, and I'm not the only one.

Michael Sam

#84. I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them.

Joey McIntyre

#85. 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

#86. Famous people like to choose friends who won't go around repeating their conversations and details about them.

David Sedaris

#87. I get a lot more abuse in England. That's just a general English attitude. I did the same thing to famous people. It's just your instinct.

Robert Pattinson

#88. Lots of famous people are late bloomers. My father says it's an advantage to be a late bloomer. Because when good things start happening, you're ready for it.

Candace Bushnell

#89. It's really easy to avoid the tabloids. You just live your life and don't hang out with famous people who are in the tabloids. Don't do anything controversial and be a normal person. Have friends. And get a job and keep working.

Amanda Seyfried

#90. Most famous people get younger and younger. I sometimes ask myself that question: 'How come I'm the only person who's getting older?'

Victoria Beckham

#91. Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.

Erica Jong

#92. I always thought that if you had any real proximity to famous people, that your obsession with famous people, would wane is some way. Like, I wouldn't want to deep google Matthew McConaughey's early relationships for hours before I go to bed. And it's just gotten worse.

Lena Dunham

#93. One hundred copies? Of these poems you do not even like?" asked the Roman. "They're nasty bits about famous people; everyone will want them.

Karen Essex

#94. There are some famous people, and I've met them, who you might think are great, and then you meet them, and you discover that they not only have feet but heads of clay.

Anne Beatts

#95. I know that I'm a very different person on my own than I am with someone else. We are different with each other. These things are constantly adjusted. And that's true of humans. That's not just true of famous people.

Toby Jones

#96. In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.

Neal Schon

#97. I'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy.

Marilyn Manson

#98. God likes to make people. Great people out of common people, strong people out of week people, famous people out of the unknown people, good people are bad people. God likes to make people. That's an obsession with God, one from which He will never change.

Don Baker

#99. I want to eat, cook, meet famous people and make fun of them.

Roseanne Barr

#100. When you're married to someone famous, people know you, but they're not really seeing you.

Patti Scialfa