“The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.”

“When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.”

“Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.”

“I wanted to be successful, not famous.”

“Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.”

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

“For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.”

“Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.”

“I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.”

“I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.”

“I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.”

“My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.”

“I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.”

“There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one.”

“I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.”

“People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.”

“I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating.”

“After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.”

“The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.”

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

“I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.”