“Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.”

“I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.”

“The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.”

“It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.”

“The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.”

“I mean I was famous for nothing.”

“For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.”

“I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.”

“I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.”

“I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.”

“There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.”

“I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.”

“I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous.”

“I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.”

“It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.”

“It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?”

“Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.”

“When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so's head, it's tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but do not be fooled. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance.”

“It's not my goal to be a famous actor.”

“I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid.”

“Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.”