Famous Quotes
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Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.
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The true fans were capable of not only painting their cars and homes their team colors, but also naming family pets and offspring after famous NFL all-stars.
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When a writer doesn't show his face, he becomes a local symptom of God's famous reluctance to appear.
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Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you think of yourself doing it. And they don't like that. That's the famous joke: I don't like peas, and I'm glad I don't like them, because if I liked them I would eat them and I hate them.
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I didn't pursue acting to become famous. I was actually just trying to make a living.
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I've never seen the allure of being famous, because I know what that's like. It's part of work.
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We don't feel like we're famous. We just feel like we're doing what we love.
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I know I had my equivalents in Adrian Lester and Lenny James when I was at drama school. I remember David Harewood doing 'Othello' at the National, and Adrian Lester having done Cheek by Jowl's famous 'As You Like It and Company' at the Donmar. Not necessarily performances I saw, but just the fact they happened was massively encouraging.
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I love what I do for a living, but the other side, that aspect of being famous or a celebrity's got zero interest to me.
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It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.
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Genetically, I have tons of musical background in my life. My mother's father was a famous Weimar-era composer, Ernst Toch. My father's mother was the head of the Vienna Conservatory's piano department. It all canceled out in my case. I'm completely hopeless in music.
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My brother says I'm too famous to hang around with him.
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I am famous in my little food world, one of the top 50 chefs, but I don't want to look back in 10 years and think that I didn't use my voice.
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People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for.
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Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.
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For me, anytime I see a mother truly loving her child, famous or not, it brings a smile to my face. I think most people would agree.
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I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
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I stole every nickel, dime and dollar and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and bask on all the worlds most famous beaches.
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I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous.
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The professors at Harvard are smarter and more world-renowned, and so your child will learn from a pre-eminent scholar who is a leader in his or her field. Some of Harvard's professors are even famous.
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The BEST way to get famous is make amazing stuff. That’s it.
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And even though I'm famous, I still go through things that young people go through.
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I had a beautiful mother and a famous father, and I didn't know where I fit in.
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Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she's famous enough to have some power, but not so famous she has to deal with people buzzing around her life.
