I didn't want that 15 minutes of fame moment like, 'Oh, she said she was gay.'
I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.
What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.
It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.
The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.
True happiness cannot not be achieved through wealth, fame or action, But through love, modesty and self satisfaction.
If fame came near to you to get you, you must run away from it very fast! Because this is a matter of freedom and captivity!
The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act.
I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not.
Climbing towards fame, recognition and popularity is very much pleasant; but all its sweetness does not count even for a day of going down.
Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself.
Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.
Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.
I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily.
Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.
There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to.
Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.
I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings.
I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.
I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.
When I started playing the game of baseball, the more I played and the better numbers I got, the more I started thinking about the Hall of Fame. But I never thought I had a chance to be there.
