Famous Quotes
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They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.
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I could have been a lot more famous and played leading men and everything. For whatever reason, I didn't go for it.
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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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It's key to become 'famous' for one thing first, and that will give you the credibility to go into other areas once your ready... which generally means a long time and a lot of perfecting!
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There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.
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Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.
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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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If I stay at home, I'm not famous. I'm only famous when I'm out in the streets, so I don't go out on the streets much.
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None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.
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Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.
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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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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.
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We all can't be famous but we can all be great and we become great when we serve others.
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I used to feel famous, but now I feel successful.
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I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.
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It's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions.
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Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.
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A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.
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Lilliet Berne, La Generale, newly returned to Paris after a year spent away, the Falcon soprano whose voice was so delicate it was rumored she endangered it even by speaking, her silences as famous as her performances.
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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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To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.
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I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.
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Forrest Mims is the author of the famous book 'Getting Started in Electronics,' published by RadioShack for many years. I bought the book in the 1980s and had a blast making the projects in it. When I was editor-in-chief of 'MAKE,' I asked Forrest to write a column for the magazine, called 'The Backyard Scientist.'
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But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.
