I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it. Votes: 4
Dave ChappelleI am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s. Votes: 4
Irwin WinklerBritain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing. Votes: 3
Margaret HeffernanBecause it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. Votes: 3
George Leigh MalloryJim Cummings, Whoopie Goldberg & Cheech Marin make up this famous Disney threesome. Votes: 3
Alex TrebekThis whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish. Votes: 3
Maisie WilliamsI'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognises because of a nose job. Votes: 3
Jennifer GreyVidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world. Votes: 3
John Paul DeJoriaI don't have the pressure of being a world-famous bombshell that has detonated. Votes: 3
Selma BlairExposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere. Votes: 3
Francesca AnnisTo put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate. Votes: 3
Mokokoma MokhonoanaBeing a famous print journalist is like being the best-dressed woman on radio. Votes: 3
Robin WilliamsI've always been passionate about acting. I haven't been passionate about being famous. Votes: 3
David AlpayNo matter how famous you are, there's always somebody more famous than you. Votes: 3
Andrew KreisbergChristopher Hitchens is perhaps the greatest orator ever. He's such a famous atheist. Votes: 3
Michael BubleI'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognizes... because of a nose job. Votes: 3
Jennifer GreyI never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant. Votes: 3
Manolo BlahnikI get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. Votes: 3
Liev SchreiberIt's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people. Votes: 3
Daniel RadcliffeYou can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb. Votes: 3
Jarvis CockerI have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs. Votes: 3
David LaChapelleIn terms of economic growth, PIMCO originated the famous phrase the 'new normal.' Votes: 3
Bill GrossSometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, Why is that person staring at me? Votes: 3
Bob NewhartI just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous. Votes: 3
Michael CunninghamI always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous. Votes: 3
Shane McAnallyI never got into things to be famous. Sometimes its fun, sometimes its annoying. Votes: 3
Judah FriedlanderPeople enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down. Votes: 3
Lee DanielsI'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf. Votes: 3
Ian MckellenThe same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. Votes: 3
Leigh HuntMore than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great. Votes: 3
Bruce SpringsteenActually, you're not famous at all. Maybe you'll get some traction after you're dead? Votes: 3
Peter OrnerShe has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer. Votes: 3
Ella FitzgeraldIt's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer. Votes: 3
Juliette BinocheThe BBC is very good at period drama - world-famous for getting the details right. Votes: 3
Lynne Reid BanksHappiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess. Votes: 3
Bill WattersonI like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. Votes: 3
Catherine DeneuveSome people may be famous for creating a pencil sharpener. I'm famous for my tits. Votes: 3
Katie PriceI don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions. Votes: 3
Randeep HoodaYou know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something! Votes: 3
Brett SomersHappiness never made anyone rich or famous. That must be why ambitious people avoid it. Votes: 3
Marty RubinA window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person, Votes: 3
Saul LeiterIt doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity. Votes: 3
Willie GeistThe people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized. Votes: 3
Stephanie Pearl-McPheeThere's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character. Votes: 3
Kim KardashianI think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills. Votes: 3
Diane KeatonTo be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous. Votes: 3
Kobe BryantIt's not like I'm that wildly famous that it's disrupted my lifestyle in some way. Votes: 3
Mariana KlavenoIt's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am. Votes: 3
Emily BluntThere are many examples of great songs that become more famous when they are covered. Votes: 3
Alex EbertIâm famous, but Iâm not famous like freaking Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston. Votes: 3
Britney SpearsSometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?' Votes: 3
Bob NewhartI've played with some very famous bandits in my time on the celebrity golf circuit. Votes: 3
Jasper CarrottIt is better to be famous than notorious, but better to be notorious than obscure. Votes: 3
James Kern FeiblemanI hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy. Votes: 3
Caitlin MoranI am absolutely delighted at the prospect of joining a world famous club like Inter. Votes: 3
Robbie KeaneIt's not enough to be famous. You have to be professional enough to make reform. Votes: 3
Vitali KlitschkoIt's an easy guess, why some get famous over night and not during the day. Votes: 3
Aleksandra NinkovicThere have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinYou ought to let the Jews have Jerusalem; it was they who made it famous. Votes: 3
Winston ChurchillI absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. Votes: 3
Noel GallagherI would want to travel the world and write about it. To be a famous writer. Votes: 3
Shantel VanSantenI've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous. Votes: 3
Jennifer AnistonPeople are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous. Votes: 3
Danielle SteelI'm probably more famous for sitting on the toilet than for anything else that I do. Votes: 3
Frank ZappaBeing rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. Votes: 3
Anni-Frid LyngstadBeing rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. Votes: 3
Frida LyngstadMany medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for. Votes: 3
Mary Lou RettonWhy am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong? Votes: 3
Barbra StreisandI don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me. Votes: 3
Zoe SuggIt is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. Votes: 3
Lillian HellmanI didn't pursue acting to become famous. I was actually just trying to make a living. Votes: 3
Morris ChestnutWe were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous. Votes: 3
Robert PatrickWealth as well as sea water. The more we drink, the more thirsty. The so famous Votes: 3
Arthur SchopenhauerIt is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their finest hour Votes: 3
Lillian HellmanYour face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out. Votes: 3
Vincent SchiavelliThe hardest working person in showbusiness has never been or ever will be a 'famous person'. Votes: 3
Daniel ToshYou know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character! Votes: 3
Nelson MandelaThe whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago. Votes: 3
Julian ClaryAlthough I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens. Votes: 3
Benigno Aquino IIIThe best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field. Votes: 3
Bill JayNot every heiress is famous. Or fun. There are a lot of boring heiresses out there. Votes: 3
Paris HiltonI'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous. Votes: 3
Ani DiFrancoThis is almost the most famous story The last samurai - Samurai story - in Japan. Votes: 3
Hiroyuki SanadaThe way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous. Votes: 3
Walter WinchellI don't care about being famous or having a lot of people go, "She's really good." Votes: 3
Laurie AndersonI've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing. Votes: 3
Anton du BekeLuckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies. Votes: 3
Seth RogenI have some idea of the pressure of finding your own identity with a famous father. Votes: 3
Michael DouglasI don't have famous neighbours and if I did, I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set. Votes: 3
Vanessa ParadisPeople should recognize who you are and how you can act rather than how famous you are. Votes: 3
Mae WhitmanPeople should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are. Votes: 3
Mae WhitmanI don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story. Votes: 3
Beth DittoI liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. Votes: 3
Sia FurlerIf you don't get famous when you're a kid, it makes the transition to adult actor easier. Votes: 3
Tom GuiryI know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage. Votes: 3
Bill NighyWhenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that. Votes: 3
Jeff BridgesYou know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi. Votes: 3
Marilu HennerI find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you." Votes: 3
Zoe SaldanaThe problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to. Votes: 3
Louis C. K.The good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me. Votes: 3
Seth RogenI am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the 60s. Votes: 3
Irwin WinklerFor me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous. Votes: 3
Carla GuginoIt is okay to cut your wife's throat as long as you are rich, famous"and black. Votes: 3
Jeff CooperIf lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z. Votes: 3
Talib KweliI had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible. Votes: 3
Jeanne CalmentI take acting lessons with my coach, and what do I get famous for? Holding a puppy! Votes: 3
Kim CoatesI don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70. Votes: 3
Pharrell WilliamsI don't want to name drop, but Russell Crowe is the most famous person in my phone. Votes: 3
Jai CourtneyI'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it. Votes: 3
Kelly ReillyI think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success. Votes: 3
Jerry Jeff WalkerPeople would go anywhere to see a famous person in the flesh, no matter what they do. Votes: 3
Tom LehrerIf you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real. Votes: 3
Josh HommeI'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy. Votes: 3
Marilyn MansonIt isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. Votes: 3
Alan AldaI want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet. Votes: 3
Carey MulliganIf you want to be famous, you must do something more badly than anybody in the entire world. Votes: 3
Miroslav TichyA man will work and slave in obscurity for ten years and then become famous in ten minutes. Votes: 3
Robert RipleyI wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous. Votes: 3
Danielle SteelPeople keep asking me about it but I don't want to be famous for being a former anorexic. Votes: 3
Kate BeckinsaleIt was never about sort of being famous. I just wanted to be good at what I did. Votes: 3
Katey SagalYou don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you. Votes: 3
Meryl StreepI'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough. Votes: 3
Jennifer WeinerI seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life. Votes: 3
Sinead O'ConnorI didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on Big Brother. Votes: 3
Sam WorthingtonOne has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it. Votes: 3
Anne Akiko MeyersI want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead. Votes: 3
Laura KightlingerIt is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous. Votes: 3
Shah Rukh KhanI'm a poet born in the era of Andy Warhol and a generation that wanted to be famous. Votes: 3
Eileen MylesAs a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life. Votes: 3
Gwen StefaniI can't imagine dating someone famous. I try to stay away from that as much as I can. Votes: 3
Dylan PennAnd now he's down this for me. He's made me famous. He's put my name on the world. Votes: 3
Jenny DownhamI feel like me and Taylor [Swift] might still have sex. Why? I made that b - -h famous. Votes: 3
Kanye WestI never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. Votes: 3
Donna LeonAll I wanted to do was to become famous, but then I found out that it was nothing special. Votes: 3
Jean-Claude Van DammeI want to be in 'Glee,' but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet. Votes: 3
Carey MulliganI didn't get into fighting for the money. I didn't want to be famous. I just want to fight. Votes: 3
Alexis DavisYou do a job like mine because you love the job, not because it's going to make you famous. Votes: 3
Ray WinstoneWe all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others Votes: 3
Martin Luther King, Jr.I have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous. Votes: 3
Kate WinsletHow has podcasting changed things? A lot of people ask me if I feel I should be more famous. Votes: 3
Paul F. TompkinsThere are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too
Sharon StoneSomeday I'm gonna be famous. Do I have talent, well, no. These days you really don't need it.
Brad PaisleySlowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.
Paul BiyaBefore I was famous, I already was the person that attracted and dealt with a lot of weirdos.
Tucker MaxA lot of people come to Los Angeles and think that they're going to be famous, just like that.
Alison BrieThere are two ways to become famous. Degrade yourself or have talent. The first way is easier.
Gary JanettiI hope someday when I date my fan, she loves me as a person and not as a famous Greyson Chance
Greyson ChanceEvery schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta Porcellus at his fingers end.
Robert A. BurtonTo be famous is to be stuck in an inflexible place. But at least it is to be stuck with money.
Spalding GrayI awoke one morning and found myself famous. Ich erwachte eines Morgens und fand mich berühmt.
Byron, Lord George Gordon NoelJust because you're famous doesn't mean you're something special and you're above other people.
Avril LavigneNico [Rosberg] is not seeking the limelight as Lewis [Hamilton] does. Lewis wants to be famous.
Bernie EcclestoneIt's easier to get on show business, the hard part is to maintain. Nobody stays famous forever.
Chris RockI've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
Gareth BaleHell, I'm going to play pro basketball. I'm going to maybe be famous. I'm going to write books.
John Edgar WidemanThe more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous.
Alain de BottonI have always believed that fame is a curse. I never envied one of the famous people I've known.
Bob DylanTo be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.
Chris ColferPeople seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.
Cullen HightowerWe humans have many vestigial features proving that we evolved. The most famous is the appendix.
Jerry A. CoyneThe fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.
Steven MorrisseyAnybody auditions for X-Factor it's because they want to be famous, not because they are artists.
Bruce DickinsonI want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen.
Gabriel IglesiasI know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.
Jeremy RennerThere was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another.
Robert SternbergSometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries
Stephen HawkingI realize it's impossible to have any sympathy, I mean, true sympathy, for people that are famous.
Bill MurraySometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.
Chris RockI wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.
Ellen DeGeneresI don't need my name in lights I'm famous in my Father's eyes Make no mistake He knows my name.
Francesca BattistelliWhile I made a splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself: how long does famous last?
G-EazyI don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.
Helen SlaterEffort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
Idries ShahThere are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.
Kevin BaconThe thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do.
Madonna CicconeI guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.
Ambeth R. OcampoI get so annoyed by famous people who have not actually written the books they slap their names on.
Anderson CooperPersons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them.
Francis I of FranceNot everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Vee scowled at him. She is famous for that scowl. It's a look that does everything but audibly hiss.
Becca FitzpatrickI can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.
Bill SkarsgardI'm certainly lucky to have got famous through something that was so well liked, generally speaking.
Daniel RadcliffeThe hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just work. The famous part's the luxury.
Drake BellI'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer.
Peter LikOver the past 10 years of being famous, my relationship with the camera has not been a pleasant one.
Ryan PhillippeI think it's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone famous to come from here, because everyone around here is insane.
Terry PratchettI never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.
Val Kilmer