Top 115 Being Famous Quotes

I was in this hamster wheel of being famous for being famous, much like a reality star. You would put me on a talkshow, I would say outrageous things. I was just perpetuating myself as a celebrity, and I found that really empty.

I don’t know about this thing – being famous. I haven‘t figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

I think one of my big struggles with being famous in my early 20s was that there was a constant running commentary telling me who I was.

I don’t think I could think of a single thing that’s more isolating than being famous.

It wasn’t very easy getting used to being famous. Everybody stared at me in the supermarket and on the street. I think my life changed, for sure.

One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check.

I’d had people say, ‘You’ll enjoy being famous for a week, and you’ll never enjoy it again‘. But I don’t think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.

I love being famous. It’s almost like being white.

Don’t worry about being famous or making money; the most important thing is being the best. You have to become a master of your craft, and everything else will come.

The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can’t figure it out.

There’s nothing to be said for being famous. It’s a pain. You can’t be rude to people – it’s inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it’s not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.

There’s a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn’t be able to just dress up and look pretty.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

I’ve never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

I don’t need any accolades. I don’t like being famous. But I can always tell people I used to defend guys like Kevin Durant, and they respect my defense.

I don’t mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it’s not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one’s field. Public perks. Like, I don’t know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two.

A lot of young people have not a clue what being famous entails. When you lose your anonymity you can’t walk down the street without people looking at you.

I was always obsessed with being famous. I had Marilyn Monroe paper dolls as a child, and I was always obsessed with her. I’ve just been really driven in that direction, and none of my friends were. So, I don’t know what put that bug in me at a young age.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

I never thought about being famous.

I don’t care about being famous.

I was never really aware of being famous. Being in a magazine or on a billboard – that really didn’t register to me at all when I was younger. People would come up to me and recognize me, but I was very fortunate in that people were always so warm.

I’d prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You’re in a conversation and everybody‘s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.

I love what I do for a living, but the other side, that aspect of being famous or a celebrity’s got zero interest to me.

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

The thing about being famous is, it’s weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I’m glad it’s over.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

Being famous has changed a lot, because now there’s so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful – unless one was striving for mediocrity.

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

My life is way bigger than boxing or acting or being rich or being famous or endorsements.

Being famous is a bit dangerous sometimes.

I’ve been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it’s changed. It’s like on the arcade game, I’ve gone up to the next level.

One thing hurts me. I keep hearing ‘Terry Fox.’ I’m not doing the run to become rich or famous… To me, being famous is not the idea of the run. The only important part is that cancer can be beaten.

It wasn’t easy navigating publicity when I started, because I grew up with ‘being famous,’ and I’m just not into it, and I guess defensiveness gets read into that. And I didn’t get an easy ride at the beginning.

‘iNkaba’ has made me famous in the living rooms of the people of my country. It was almost like being famous all over again. People stop me in the street and shopping malls to take pictures.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

If you’re famous for being famous, that’s usually a four-year career.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

I hate being famous. You have no freedom. You can’t do anything.

I am only interested in being famous for my dancing. For me, the concept of the sacred monster is only about the stage – it is not about image.

There’s some downsides to being famous, which are not even worth mentioning. But to combat the bad sides of being famous, you really should take advantage of the good sides. The good sides are, you can use that fame to get projects you might not normally get.

It’s hard to say I don’t like being famous, but how I feel is that I don’t see myself as that person. It baffles me that people would want a picture with me.

There aren’t many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that’s a 24 hour job right there.

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

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

It’s great – that’s the best part about being famous is that people want to get to know me. People come up to me and introduce themselves, and I make friends, and then I meet their friends. It seems like I have a very happy and comfortable social life, which is something I never had when I was younger.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that’s really about it.

I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

I never pursued being ‘famous.’

The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.

I always dreamt of being famous, and dreams do come true.

I put out my first song with no intentions of being famous.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

I’m trying to focus on my job. I don’t think that being famous is a job. My job is composing, singing, performing, but not being a star.

One of the problems with being famous is people mob you wherever you go. Many of them ask very irritating questions. If I were not the shortest woman in the world, I would not have become famous.

Being famous is complete luck, and that’s something you can’t bank on.

I’ve never changed the way I live. I still walk the streets; I don’t give a damn. And everyone‘s very nice to me. But this new idea of being famous for no reason at all? I can’t actually get my head round it.

I was a little boy singing sad songs, about 9 or 10 years old in the woods. I listened to my voice coming back to me. It was as high as you could go. I dreamed of being famous as a singer when I was on those cotton fields. I wanted to see the world and meet people.

I’m not just a rapper; I’m an intelligent young man. But being able to give my mother everything she‘s ever wanted, I could care less about being famous or the money; that’s my dream. That’s all that matters to me.

To me, I can be famous in sports. But to me, I cannot say it means a lot to be famous. Being famous is something I don’t like.

There are all these tests that are done on young kids and they all say they want to be famous but I just always felt that for my generation being famous was kind of corny and cheesy. Maybe because fame isn’t something that proves you’re good at something.

I love being famous.

Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.

Being famous is part of my job.

I always loved working as an actress, but I didn’t understand why I couldn’t just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

To me, I can be famous in sports. But to me, I cannot say it means a lot to be famous. Being famous is something I don’t like.

I’m more interested in being good than being famous.

I’m a big star in Asia, but I never think about being famous.

We are taught these days that being famous is more important than actually doing something.

I always dreamt of being famous, and dreams do come true.

If you’re famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don’t.

I don’t go to premieres. I don’t go to parties. I don’t covet the Oscar. I don’t want any of that. I don’t go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that’s a whole other career. And I haven’t got any energy for it.

It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.

I just want to make sure I’m contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.

Acting is not about being famous, it’s about exploring the human soul.

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I’m really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.

I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.

If you chase fame, you make bad choices. Being famous isn’t interesting.

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

I don’t think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don’t generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It’s not like being a movie star.

I’m really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I’m more about the work, and ‘The Big C’ was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.

I’m not particularly good at ‘celebrity’; I don’t think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I’ve never been one for the red carpet and don’t put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

Hearing other celebrities moaning about the bad things about being famous – there is no worst thing. If you don’t want to be famous, just stop it and go and be a doctor or a teacher.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

It wasn’t not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I’m still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I’ve got more to give than I ever have.

Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It’s to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That’s how I enjoyed fame in ’74; it was not just for the emptiness of being famous.

I have no sense of being famous – you’re just working. And then you’ll have a random day in London when you’ll do some press and it creeps into your awareness that this goes out – that what you do every day goes out to televisions right across the country.

It was never about winning medals or being famous.

If I hadn’t had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

If you’re famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don’t.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

I’ve never been interested in being famous. I enjoy acting. That’s what’s important to me.

Part of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and it’s a sacred act, putting yourself out there, in a way that lots of celebrities aren’t steeled for; they’re not prepared for the degree to which people define them.

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.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I resented it with every fibre of my being when Ma was recognised. Another way of looking at celebrity, though, is it’s being famous for being brilliant at something.

In the beginning, we might have been focused on totally just music and being famous, just wanting to have fame and make hot music, but as we got older, we had to understand that this is a business and that our moves need to be calculated.

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It’s not really any very heady fame.

The stalkers can get a little scary at times, but I guess all these things are a part of being famous.

I’ve never seen the allure of being famous, because I know what that’s like. It’s part of work.

My daughter couldn’t care less about me being famous. She finds it revolting and, like a lot of teenagers, is virtually allergic to me. That started at 12 and hasn’t gone anywhere yet.

I like being famous when it’s convenient for me and completely anonymous when it’s not.

I love being famous – it’s phenomenal.

My life is way bigger than boxing or acting or being rich or being famous or endorsements.