Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.
Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation.
When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.
My mother is an actress, and my aunt Margaux was a model. And it's funny, as much as I'm all about I'm my own person, and I'm making my own name for myself, I have grown up in a world where most of these people who are like me are children of famous ...
'Howard the Duck!' That's a really interesting movie. I appreciate my career, because I've had a lot of very interesting ups and downs, and most people... That movie is such a famous flop. In a land of a lot of flops, it's kind of awesome to be in a ...
I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.
Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous.
When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.
Celebrities have more influence to be able to reach out to people, but people are becoming famous on Facebook and social media every day.
I admire sensible, kind people. They're not often famous.
I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
Everyone in New York City thinks they are famous without being famous.
Often we may even smile or laugh at adversity, but all people share the same passions. They are merely manifest differently according to one's culture and conditioning.
I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you be...
When I started my blog, it was really this one goal - I said, 'I am not going to be famous to the world, but I could be famous to people on the Internet.' And I set a goal. I said, 'I'm going to win an award,' because I had never won an award in my e...
I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
The press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famous you have to put up with this kind of stuff.
I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.
Rich and famous and doing good," mused Schlichtmann. "Rich isn't so difficult. Famous isn't so difficult. Rich and famous together aren't so difficult. Rich, famous, and doing good--now, that's very difficult.
Don’t make stuff because you want to make money — it will never make you enough money. And don’t make stuff because you want to get famous — because you will never feel famous enough. Make gifts for people — and work hard on making those gi...
