Why does anybody want to be famous? You know what's important to me? Having lunch! Pasta! Seeing my friends! Is that so crazy?
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve.
I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.
I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'
If somebody tells me I'm famous I say, 'I'm not.' I can't see myself as famous and I don't think I'll ever call myself famous. I definitely don't feel famous.
But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.
If you're famous, you're not free.
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
It wasn't until after I became famous that people noticed I played in the NFL. I kind of snuck in!
But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all.
Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.
Musicals are famous for being in a constant state of flux.
Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?
The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.
This sounds crazy, but I know so many famous people, I'm just not intimidated by anyone. I feel really comfortable with it.
If you don't get famous when you're a kid, it makes the transition to adult actor easier.
I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to become a celebrity.
When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career out of it because that wasn't something anyone had done yet.
I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he'd tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on throu...
I got the famous Oprah hug!
