Errol Morris Quotes

It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.

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• Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

  

  Dan Fogler
  • People
  • Think
  • Famous

• I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Art
  • Artists
  • Voices

• If you're famous, you're not free.

  

  Tadanobu Asano
  • Free
  • You
  • Famous

• Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.

  

  Maluma
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Growing Up

• The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Interesting
  • Famous
  • Fame

• Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • Work
  • Place
  • Dead

• You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Me
  • Famous
  • Seems

• The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.

  

  Edmund Morgan
  • Job
  • Government
  • Famous

• I got the famous Oprah hug!

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Famous
  • Got
  • Hug

• I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • People
  • Friends
  • Artists

• I don't do ski racing to be famous.

  

  Ted Ligety
  • Famous
  • Racing
  • Ski

• Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and the cash. It's why the president and the vice president are always in demand. These folks are in demand because people around the country want to meet them.

  

  Carl Forti
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  • Country
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• 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.

  

  Patrick Dempsey
  • Why
  • Me
  • Lost

• The more far-out artists, the better.

  

  Gary Wright
  • Better
  • More
  • Artists

• I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • People
  • Hate
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• You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • People
  • You
  • Famous

• I will either be famous or infamous.

  

  Otto Dix
  • Famous
  • Will
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• Reggeton has changed very much, musically. It has evolved. The artists have also evolved.

  

  Yandel Wisin & Yandel
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  • Artists
  • Musically

• Up till now the development of proto-consciousness, we can suppose, nervous systems solved the 'Now what do I do?' problem by a relatively simple balancing act between a strictly limited repertoire of actions - if not the famous four F's (fight, flee, feed, or mate), then a modest elaboration of them.

  

  Daniel Dennett
  • Up
  • Simple
  • Famous

• I was raised by two actors in a moment in time - the Seventies - when there was no judgment of characters, no heroes and bad guys.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Moment

• I have 17 full-time archivists working for me who put away in books all the diversity of artwork I do, from drawing to etching to monotypes to prints to lithographs.

  

  Peter Max
  • Time
  • Diversity
  • Drawing

• I usually submit a novel at a certain number of words, and when I've finished working with my editor, the novel is longer than when I submitted it. I need my editor to help me open up the story.

  

  David Bergen
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• It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.

  

  Errol Morris
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