Celebrity Quotes
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A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
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The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of excess and glamour, and she worked major sun hats.
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I don't really go into shock around celebrity.
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I've said no to 'Celebrity Big Brother,' 'Strictly,' and the American one, 'Dancing With The Stars.' I don't feel it's right for me. I've been asked to do reality TV a zillion times. No way. No way. Nobody's going to get into my living room and see me there.
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The whole ecosystem of celebrity has broken down for writers. If you go back to the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writers were on TV a lot, and they were allowed to misbehave a lot.
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My business is creating fame and celebrity, and I'm one of the best in the world. I know it to the finest detail. I reflect what's out there, and if there's a demand for something, I recognise it. I don't think I'm crass. I stand by everything I do.
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I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself.
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When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you.
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People approach you in a different way when you're a celebrity - some are nice, some are not nice.
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I never, ever see myself as a celebrity or famous.
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There's this misconception out there that at any level of celebrity, you have someone to do hair and makeup when you're out touring, but no, it is just not the case. I do it all myself.
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This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!
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It's an immense amount of pressure, celebrity itself.
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I'm not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I'm interested in the perception of the celebrity.
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I never, ever see myself as a celebrity or famous, so I poke fun at that.
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As a kid, I wasn't given the sense that celebrity, or fame, or any of that, was something to be impressed by, or to seek out. It was always impressed upon me that making something well crafted, something respected, was the most important thing to do with your life, and I've tried to do that where I can in my field.
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There is the cult of the actor and of the director, and there's even been the cult of the celebrity chef and gardener, but there has never been a cult of the screenwriter. But I'm happy about that because what I crave - in a completely venal way - is creative opportunities, not recognition.
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I want to be an artist. I don't want to be a celebrity.
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As a motivation in itself, celebrity is foolhardy and stupid.
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I consider myself a businessman, not a celebrity or a music star. When I'm getting involved with something I need to executive produce it or be a part of putting it together as an investor. I want to play both sides. That's more important to me than just being a celebrity.
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Every year, the White House Correspondents' Dinner inspires two competing varieties of coverage: celebrity-obsessed fawning and angry tirades about how it represents everything twisted about our broken democracy. It doesn't, really.
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If an interview just serves the idea of celebrity, then I think that sucks. I don't want to do that.
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The minute that a celebrity wears your clothing, that gives you international exposure and the best advertising you can get.
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This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.
