Famous Quotes

I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas.

Jeremy Northam

I don't think I'll ever feel as famous or as popular as I felt when I was a 17-year-old soccer player in Modle. Only about 20,000 people live there and 12,000 of them come to every game. Running onto the pitch each week was just the most fantastic fe...

Jo Nesbo

It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

Jack Osbourne

Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.

James Purefoy

I would like to prove that on TV, everyday lives can be as compelling as the life-styles of the rich and famous. Especially lives that we catch at extraordinary moments.

Jane Pauley

I was shooting a mini-series for Sundance/BBC, called 'Top of the Lake,' that was shot by Jane Campion, who's a beautiful native New Zealander and famous film director. The role I was playing was very intense, and they shaved half my hair off. So, I ...

Jay Ryan

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

Jeremy Renner

I'm famous. That's my job.

Jerry Rubin

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

J. K. Rowling

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

J. K. Rowling

I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.

Joe Rogan

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

Joe Rogan

I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.

Jenny Slate

When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.

Jill Scott

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.

Johnathon Schaech

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.

James Thurber

Oprah was famous for going to a garden party and ad-libbing. She could literally interview people for a half hour about nothing, and it was entertaining. She had her own show before she had her own show.

John Tesh

I don't want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked. Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn't mean you have less of a right.

John Travolta

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

Justin Timberlake

I'm in no rush to become extremely famous.

Jaime Winstone