Famous Quotes
“I get recognized, but I'm not really a famous famous.”
“Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.”
-- Chris Evert
“I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him.”
-- Norman Rockwell
“I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.”
-- Gary Oldman
“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.”
-- Daniel H. Wilson
“I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.”
-- Tyra Banks