Famous Quotes
“The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world.”
“Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.”
-- James Purefoy
“What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.”
-- Lady Gaga
“Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.”
-- Juliette Binoche
“I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'”
-- Jason Reitman
“It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.”
-- Kate Adie
“I got out of autobiography because my story is, I was famous, it was hard for me, I got into therapy. I had trouble with food, I got a nutritionist. There's no story there.”
-- Courtney Thorne Smith
“First of all, plain and simple, you have no real idea of what it means to be famous until you become famous. It's a double-edged sword. Obviously there are a lot of amazing things about fame, but there are also a lot of challenging things about it.”
-- Michelle Pfeiffer