“I'm a bit jealous. Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world.”

“I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.”

“Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It's all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that.”

“A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.”

“I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.”

“Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor.”

“I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.”

“For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.”

“I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.”

“These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.”

“When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.”

“I mean he's a very famous director... they're not going to put their... and he's very tough, he doesn't like interference at all, so he kept them at bay.”

“If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective.”

“I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.”

“I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.”

“Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.”

“Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.”

“It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.”

“We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave.”

“The most famous person in my phone is Lindsay Lohan. We starred in 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' together in 2004 and we've stayed in touch.”

“I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.”