“Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasn't that dumb, but that's how she was perceived - and that's what got popular.”
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“Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.”
“Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.”
“I never pursued being 'famous.'”
“I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.”
“I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem.”
“Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.”
“Famous people come up to me, but I don't know who they are because my sight is so bad. It's always at the pool of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills when I don't have my lenses in and my glasses are in my room.”
“I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.”
“The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.”
“You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.”
“To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.”
“I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress.”
“The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble.”
“There is this power that comes with being famous.”
“I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know.”
“I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.”
“In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.”
“There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.”
“I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum.”
“My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.”
“I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.”
“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.”
“Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.”