“My hair was famous before I was.”

“I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got famous, it just got me into more trouble.”

“I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.”

“Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because I'm famous.”

“If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.”

“And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.”

“My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.”

“The world's most famous and popular language is music.”

“Usually when I see someone famous, for some reason, I think I know them.”

“Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.”

“How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?”

“I literally was famous before I knew my own name.”

“I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.”

“I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.”

“Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.”

“I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!”

“I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.”

“When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!”

“I became famous so quickly and so young - it was daunting. I was immature and I used to say some really stupid things in interviews. I never smiled on stage so I looked really serious, but it was because I hated my teeth and was incredibly nervous.”

“I never feel so utterly fraudulent as when I review a movie whose charms impress all in the world and I simply do not get it. The other variant is that I love something the world disdains. This has had severe career consequences: I am still famous - or notorious - in certain quarters where I am recalled as the man who liked 'Hudson Hawk.'”

“There aren't many downsides to being rich, other than paying taxes and having relatives asking for money. But being famous, that's a 24 hour job right there.”