Being Famous Quotes - Page 7

• I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.

  Simon Cowell

  Idols, Needs, Want

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• Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

  John Cusack

  Greatness, Turning 30, Obsession

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• 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

  Growing Up, Parent, Fame

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• I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!

  Bruce Dickinson

  Captain Kirk, Captains, Fame

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

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• And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

  Tom Felton

  Positive, Cheer, Real

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• I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two.

  Emma Thompson

  Mean, Two, Fields

  "Hugh Laurie". Interview with Emma Thompson, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 30, 2008.

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• The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

  Justin Timberlake

  Invasion, Privacy, Fame

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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

  Thinking, Curiosity, Driving

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• As for fame, fame felt like nothing. Fame was not a sensation like love or hunger or loneliness, welling from within and invisible to the outside eye. It was rather entirely external, coming from the minds of others. It existed in the way people looked at him or behaved towards him. In that, being famous was no different from being gay, or Jewish, or from a visible minority: you are who you are, and then people project onto you some notion they have.

  Yann Martel

  Loneliness, Eye, Gay

  Yann Martel (2010). “Beatrice & Virgil”, p.5, Knopf Canada

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• There aren't many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that's a 24 hour job right there.

  Bill Murray

  Jobs, Acting, Asking

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

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• Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

  Cat Deeley

  Perception, Fame, Changed

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• Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.

  Bill Watterson

  Indulge In, Excess, Financial

  "The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1990.

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• You know the theory of cell irritability? If you take an amoeba cell and poke it a thousand times, it will change and then re-form into its original shape. And then, the thousandth time you poke this amoeba, the cell will completely collapse and become nothing. That's kind of what it's like being famous. People say hi, how are you doing, and after the thousandth time, you just get angry; you really pop.

  Bill Murray

  Cells, People, Acting

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

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• There's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through. Back then, when a movie came out and people saw you on the street, their reaction was so supercharged that it was scary. It would frighten other people. It used to really rattle me. I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.

  Bill Murray

  Girl, Nice, Mean

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

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• I only want to play basketball, and play it well and be happy about it. But I realize that with being famous, comes a lot of demands.

  Yao Ming

  Basketball, Play, Demand

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• I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

  Zach Galifianakis

  Names, Goal, Lasts

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• It was never about sort of being famous. I just wanted to be good at what I did.

  Katey Sagal

  Be Good, Wanted

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  William Hurt

  Successful, Mediocrity, Fame

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• Being famous is wicked but its cool to be normal as well.

  Rupert Grint

  Wicked, Normal, Wells

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