642 private quotes tagged famous

“My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.” — Wynonna Judd

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“I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.” — Anthony Hopkins

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“You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.” — Diablo Cody

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“To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.” — Diablo Cody

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“I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress.” — Jane Siberry

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“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.” — Harry Connick, Jr.

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“Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.'” — Michael N. Castle

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“There is this power that comes with being famous.” — Rod Stewart

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“I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.” — Danielle Steel

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“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.” — Eric Clapton

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“In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.” — Roberto Cavalli

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“There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.” — Rashida Jones

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“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.” — Peter O'Toole

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“My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.” — Martha Plimpton

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“I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble.” — Kristin Scott Thomas

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“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.” — Kate Moss

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“Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.” — Lawrence Welk

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“Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed.” — Courtney Love

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“The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.” — Steven Patrick Morrissey

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“I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended up making a lot of friends there, and my old friends moved out to Los Angeles too. And also, I think when you're famous, its hard to live in a small town.” — John Cusack

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“Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.” — Jose Marti

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“Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes.” — James Wolcott

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“Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.” — Jean-Michel Basquiat

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“It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.” — Robert Benchley

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“Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.” — Maureen Dowd

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