642 private quotes tagged famous

“I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.” — Amanda Bynes

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“I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.” — Adam Brody

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“I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.” — Patrick Rothfuss

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“I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.” — Jon Carroll

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“Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor who's been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous.” — Jennifer Grey

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“People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.” — Mae Whitman

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“I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal.” — Ashley Madekwe

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“They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do.” — Sirhan Sirhan

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“When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.” — Katie Price

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“For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.” — Michelle Pfeiffer

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“The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.” — Adam Levine

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“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

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“There has been a time on earth when poets had been young and dead and famous - and were men. But now the poet as the tragic child of grandeur and destiny had changed. The child of genius was a woman, now, and the man was gone.” — Tom Wolfe

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“I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.” — Matt Damon

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“Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don't need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change is strategy without a change in vision. Whenever entrepreneurs see a new way to achieve their vision - a way to be more successful - they have to remain nimble enough to take it.” — Eric Ries

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“What makes the Stones' arrogance so divine is that we all believe that long ago and far away they weren't rich and famous but poor and struggling, just like us.” — Jon Landau

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“I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70.” — Pharrell Williams

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“Face it, I didn't become famous until I took my clothes off.” — Jude Law

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“You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.” — David Lee Roth

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“Being in 'Us Weekly' does not make you famous.” — Bradley Cooper

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“It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.” — Matt LeBlanc

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“I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.” — Martin Yan

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“A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.” — Johnny Knoxville

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“I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story that we haven't seen before. I would love to do that! I would love to play Diana Ross 'cause she's an icon. I'm salivating to do that.” — Taraji P. Henson

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“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

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