“In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.”

“The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.”

“I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.”

“Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.”

“I never wanted to be a celebrity I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.”

“I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the attention that comes with it is part of the territory.”

“No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.”

“I'm doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called 'The Boy from Oz,' where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who don't know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli.”

“I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two.”