“Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.”
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“I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.”
“Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.”
“I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.”
“Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.”
“I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.”
“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.”
“Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.”
“The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.”
“I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.”
“Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.”
“When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.”
“Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.”
“I want to be famous everywhere.”
“I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.”
“If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.”
“My favorite thing about being famous... it's not really as big of a deal as everybody says it is. Being on the road is tough, doing interviews, and all the stuff. It's still pretty tough.”
“I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.”
“When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!”
“I will either be famous or infamous.”
“Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.”
“I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.”
“Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.”
“When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.”