642 private quotes tagged famous

“It's weird to have people so interested in your personal life. It's a part of the business that grosses me out. I'm always bummed out for people who just happen to be dating a celebrity, and they're also famous, and they can't live their life.” — Andy Samberg

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“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

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“There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox.” — Jane Smiley

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“I married a pretty famous girl, and when we drive through town there's usually a car following us, when I walk out of my front door in Chelsea there's six guys waiting for me.” — Kevin Pietersen

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“I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.” — Ellen Burstyn

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“Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.” — Jet Li

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“In a school where everyone is famous or rich or whatever, you have a culture, 'What does your dad do?' 'What does your mom do?'” — Cynthia Nixon

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“In France, we don't yet have the craft that American TV does or big studios like Paramount. It was so cool going through those famous gates when you have your own little pass and picture on it. Woo hoo, I'm going to work!” — Lizzie Brochere

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“If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.” — Bo Bennett

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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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“Andy Warhol made fame more famous.” — Fran Lebowitz

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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 dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.” — Eddie Van Halen

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“Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.” — Arthur Schopenhauer

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“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

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“I wanted to be successful, not famous.” — George Harrison

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“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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“How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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“I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.” — Catherine Deneuve

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“I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.” — Ray Charles

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“For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.” — Pericles

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“We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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“I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.” — Ani DiFranco

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“You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.” — Jay Leno

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“When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.” — Jean Claude Van Damme

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