“After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.”
Fame looks different from the inside than the outside. These quotes come from and about well-known figures, exploring celebrity, recognition, legacy, and the question of whether being remembered is really all it is cracked up to be.
“It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.”
“After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.”
“What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.”
“When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.”
“My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.”
“Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.”
“It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.”
“But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.”
“People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.”
“I think it's really important for celebrities to use their power of money and fame to get their voices out there. It's funny to me that we're expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because I'm famous?”
“The F-word is 'famous,' the C-word is 'celebrity' and S-word is 'star,' in my book. The other three words are fine - you can say those. But 'famous,' 'celebrity' and 'star,' I think, are misused.”
“I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story.”
“Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.”
“The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.”
“We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules.”
“The good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me.”