Be very clear as to what your dream is. Nowadays it is fairly certain that 90 percent of all actors really just want to be rich and famous as the solution to all that ails.
Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.
You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.
Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.
I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that you will know who it's about.
I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.
I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.
I was very famous as a young man and I celebrated both the good and bad times with drinking.
I didn't really watch 'Dallas,' so I wasn't as wowed by the idea of Patrick Duffy as Swedes were 'cause he's, like, the most famous guy in all of Sweden.
One of the reasons so many kids bought 'Famous Monsters' was that it gave them ability to order 8mm and Super-8 versions of their favorite monster movies.
Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A few days.
I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.
Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.
Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.
I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.
My first time playing a main character was in 'Seventeen Years.' It was directed by famous Sixth Generation director Zhang Yuan, but it wasn't a large commercial film.
Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.
There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.
There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.
I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.
No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
