America has become amnesiac, a country in which forms of historical, political, and moral forgetting are not only willfully practiced but celebrated.
But when you're a celebrity, you discover that you're no longer the pursuer, but the one being pursued. That's one of the disappointments I have had since becoming a single man.
I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity. I'm a simple guy who works a lot.
I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.
You know, as I do, actors who, having become worldwide celebrities thanks to a TV series, complain of their lot and declare themselves ready to drop it all.
Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.
Any celebrity that goes on Twitter and spouts off, as if we should care what they say, is opening himself or herself up to ridicule by anyone else.
The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.
I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a fool.
We are at the point where game designers have become celebrities due to the size of the market they serve.
All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.
My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.
The deepest mystery of Twitter is why celebrities and elected officials take part. After all, we all know they can't write their own lines.
As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.
I'm a firm believer in utilizing celebrities because they tap into people on an emotional basis.
The lesson is the same as it always has been to the HIV/AIDS community: embrace and celebrate the progress while not letting up the pressure until there is a cure.
It's tough for those celebrity couples. It's really hard. My wife wasn't in the limelight, which made it easier... the key is to keep it happy, light, and fun.
Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy.
When I was a kid, I'd read about celebrities who didn't want to talk to their fans after a show. I told myself, 'That's terrible, and I would never do that.'
Like many people, I feel like celebrating. Remember this feeling. It is human, and can help us understand when others express bloodlust.
