“It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.”

“There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.”

“I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years - you've got to pick yourself up and dust yourself off and then go on your merry way and start again, in a sense, and that's what I've been doing.”

“Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.”

“I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.”

“There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.”

“I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.”

“You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!”

“My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.”

“Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.”

“You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.”

“I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.”

“I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem.”

“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.”

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

“I wanted to be a rich, famous rock-and-roll star in that order.”

“Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there.”

“There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold.”

“It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?”

“Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get.”

“Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.”