Famous Quotes

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

I don't even know if people are familiar with my name as an actor. It's not as if I ever was an über-famous actor.

It's important for me to take very famous, well-known people and not have them play themselves and not have them be seen as themselves.

Sometimes I like [being famous], sometimes I don't. I've always been a people watcher. I like to go to malls and just sit, and I can't do that very easily anymore.

Who ever thought that the world-famous Captain Obvious was really mild-mannered Colin Mochrie?

Charles Darwin wrote a famous book in 18 [gibberish]. And that book was an interesting book, cuz it was called "Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-Monkey-You".

I never enjoyed being famous.

I love thee as I love the tone Of some soft-breathing flute Whose soul is wak'd for me alone, When all beside is mute.

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.

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

Often you see a famous actor who says they produced something, when all they did was claim to have an idea at a dinner party and make three phone calls.

I'm world-famous in West Bromwich.

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.

There are a lot of comic strips in Brazilian newspapers that have been around for 30, almost 40 years. They are very famous in Brazil.

Winners do what losers don't want to do.

There was a very famous musician in our family. He was a great violinist, an internationally known teacher. He was Leopold Auer.

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.

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.

He raised his brows. "You're drunk." "Am not!" He gave me a bland look. "A drunk's famous last words before they fall flat on their face.

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever. They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

The one constant in life is baseball

You take advantage of your position as a famous actor to meet women.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo & Juliet? How long were they together? A few days.

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

I learned that famous writers are people with foibles like anyone else and this helped me realize reaching their level of notoriety wasn't impossible.

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

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

Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

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 to them. Life becomes a little distorted for them.

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.

I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all.

If you can make your name and your works very famous and at the same time can succeed in making yourself much unknown, you are definitely the most intelligent celebrity!

I'm world-famous ... all over Canada.

I have to deal with being famous. Sometimes I have to tell people I don't do autographs, thank you very much. At certain places, I refuse to have my photograph taken.

If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, "This is so ridiculous."

I have no interest in being famous. I'd love to vanish from the public eye as soon as I can.

I like being famous. It can be a bit of a pain but you get free food in restaurants and people send you clothes.

and now we get to the hard part. the endings, the farewells, and the famous last words. if you don't hear from me often, remember that you're in my thoughts.

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

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.

I have smelled some very famous and undoubtedly sexy boys. And sometimes, as cute as they are, I'd rather have them as a friend - just because of the way they smell!

When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my father is. If you want to fight somebody, go fight my Dad.

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

This is Graceland. Home of the most famous musician in the world.” “Michael Jackson lived here?” “No, dummy,” Carter said. “Elvis Presley.

I am absolutely delighted at the prospect of joining a world famous club like Inter.

Sometimes there are painters or very famous artists who start to become artists after they are dead because an audience or a public know about their art after they die.

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