Being Famous Quotes - Page 5

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

  Kelly Reilly

  Acting, Radar

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Gabourey Sidibe

  Jobs, Acting, Care

  "Gabourey Sidibe Interview THE BIG C". Interview, collider.com. August 17, 2010.

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• If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

  Matthew Perry

  Trying, Gone, Whole Life

  "FILM; The Fame He Craved Came, but It Wasn't Enough" By Dana Kennedy, www.nytimes.com. August 18, 2002.

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• People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.

  Ja Rule

  Thinking, People, Half

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• To be an artist is not about fame; it's about art, which is this intangible thing that has got to have lots of integrity, whereas being famous doesn't really take any integrity. But I think you have to admit that you want to be famous, otherwise you can't be an artist. Art and fame together are like a desire to live forever.

  Damien Hirst

  Art, Integrity, Thinking

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• We as Americans are completely obsessed and wrapped up in a lot of the wrong values - looking good, having cash in the bank, being perceived as rich, famous and successful or just being famous... It's the most superficial part of the American dream and who would know better than me? The only thing that's going to bring you happiness is love and how you treat your fellow man and having compassion for one another.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Dream, Successful, Men

  "Madonna's Twisted Values" by Brian Doherty, reason.com. April 24, 2003.

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• I was always told to avoid being famous just for being famous. That's something that has always stuck in my mind. I like to work. It helps if you like what you do.

  Naomi Campbell

  Mind, Helping, Stuck

  Interview Magazine Interview, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.

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• The hardest thing about being famous is that ... in a conversation everybody's agreeing with what you're saying. ... You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

  Robert De Niro

  People, Needs, Want

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• I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.

  Nate Berkus

  Growing Up, Motivation, Passion

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• 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.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Taken, Thinking, People

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• I have to keep reminding myself that being famous on earth would be nice but I would rather walk the red carpet in Heaven.

  Behdad Sami

  Nice, Heaven, Would Be

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• There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

  Rashida Jones

  Responsibility, Dresses, Looks

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• The reason I keep acting is that it fuels some kind of passion in me, but the day that those butterflies stop, is the day that I'm gonna quit because I could care less about the magazines or being famous or the money or the awards.

  Shailene Woodley

  Passion, Butterfly, Awards

  Source: collider.com

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

  Laurie Anderson

  People, Care, I Don't Care

  The Believer Interview, www.believermag.com. January, 2012.

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• I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.

  Andy Rooney

  Football, Hate, Years

  "Journalist Andy Rooney Dies at 92" by Joel Siegel, abcnews.go.com. November 5, 2011.

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• The hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just work. The famous part's the luxury.

  Drake Bell

  Luxury, Hardest, Hardest Thing

  Source: www.thestarscoop.com

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• I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

  David LaChapelle

  Want, Photograph, Interest

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• The best thing about being famous is that it makes it easier to get laid.

  Allen Ginsberg

  Easier, Getting Laid, Best Things

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• To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Jobs, Believe, Simply You

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

  Fran Drescher

  Tickets, Events, Tables

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• It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

  Gary Barlow

  Artist, Phones, Giving

  "Gary Barlow: the sexy one". Interview With Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2011.

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

  Helen Slater

  Fame, Stills, Havens

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• Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

  Johnny Mathis

  Way, Doing What You Want, Sometimes

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

  Nadya Suleman

  Eye, Interest, I Can

  "Octomom Talks Reality Show, Dough & Donor" by Breanne L. Heldman, www.eonline.com. April 8, 2009.

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• 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."

  Mos Def

  Care, Sake, Ridiculous

  "David Bowie & Mos Def: The Style Council (2003 Cover Story)". Interview with Ben White, www.complex.com. January 11, 2016.

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