Famous Quotes

You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing.

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed.

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.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

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

Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy.

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

The more they applaud, the bigger your salary will be.

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

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.

I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.