Fame Quotes - Page 19

I suppose I should understand it [fame] better by this point, but I really don't.

I never do anything normal anyway. I just get other people to do it now.

I'll probably go to London and hide.

Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.

Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.

Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything.

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

My fame came from my success as a country music singer.

I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.

I think that being thrown into instant fame must be, at times, difficult.

It stirs up envy, fame does.

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

I want to be famous everywhere.

The nights seem to me too long... I am often scolded by Madame Pasteur, but I tell her I shall lead her to fame.

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.

Money and fame? I never had it, don't really know if I want it.

Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.

It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.

Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing.

People care about my fame, not me. But that's fine. I have my own life.

Fame has always been a downside to acting for me. It gives me the creeps.

I want a sandwich named after me.

Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.

Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.

I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.