“I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell.”
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“Usually when I see someone famous, for some reason, I think I know them.”
“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.”
“I got the famous Oprah hug!”
“I became famous so quickly and so young - it was daunting. I was immature and I used to say some really stupid things in interviews. I never smiled on stage so I looked really serious, but it was because I hated my teeth and was incredibly nervous.”
“I had no desire to be famous I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.”
“I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.”
“You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.”
“When you look at Michael Jackson, there's nobody who loves him in that family, nobody. If they did, they'd tell him he didn't have to do all that in order to be famous. All he has to do is keep doing his music and be himself. Michael's been a little touched for about 20 years, but somebody needs to pull him aside and tell him they love him.”
“Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.”
“It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.”
“I didn't get hugely famous really quick. It was a slow, gradual process, so I was able to sort of grow into myself and figure out who I was and what I wanted without the glaring spotlight on me telling me who I was.”
“I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.”
“It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.”
“Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.”
“When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.”
“I was very famous as a young man and I celebrated both the good and bad times with drinking.”
“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.”
“You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.”
“Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.”
“I love being famous - it's phenomenal.”
“Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.”
“There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.”
“I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.”