642 private quotes tagged famous

“When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.” — Ellen DeGeneres

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“I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.” — Bette Davis

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“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.” — Moliere

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“There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.” — Kim Kardashian

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“Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.” — Kevin Bacon

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“The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.” — J. K. Rowling

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“I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.” — J. K. Rowling

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“There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.” — Bo Bennett

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“Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.” — Doug Coupland

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“Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?” — Chris Rock

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“Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.” — David Beckham

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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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“I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.” — Clyde Tombaugh

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“We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.” — Panayiotis Zavos

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“I'm more interested in being good than being famous.” — Annie Leibovitz

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“I love being famous. It's almost like being white.” — Chris Rock

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“Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.” — Hedy Lamarr

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“Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.” — Chris Rock

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“Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.” — Lucius Accius

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“The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.” — Tom Felton

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“I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.” — Brigitte Bardot

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“It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.” — Daniel Radcliffe

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“There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me.” — Daniel Radcliffe

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“I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.” — Daniel Radcliffe

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“My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.” — Wynonna Judd

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