“Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?”

“Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.”

“I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert he was like a second father.”

“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.”

“Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.”

“I want to be famous everywhere.”

“I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.”

“I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.”

“You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.”