Famous Quotes
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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.
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When I was younger, I remember there was a really famous book, and it was called 'The People Could Fly.' And so this idea of, kind of like, black characters kind of jumping into space and kind of the challenge that they presented to gravity I thought was really interesting.
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HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.
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Nobody sane wants just to be famous.
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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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You can't choose what you're famous for in life.
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I used to say to my auntie, 'You throw my fu*kin' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous,' and she threw the bast*rd stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a fu*kin' genius or whatever I was when I was a child.
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I'm more interested in being good than being famous.
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When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.
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I didn't get into fighting for the money. I didn't want to be famous. I just want to fight.
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The truth is, anybody that becomes famous is an ass for a year and a half. You've got to give them a year and a half, two years. They are getting so much smoke blown, and their whole world gets so turned upside down, their responses become distorted. I give everybody a year or two to pull it together because, when it first happens, I know how it is.
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The bad thing about being a famous comedian is that every now and then someone approaches me to tell an old joke. Don't tell me jokes - I have that. People also say the weirdest things, sometimes sarcastic things, and even evil things. They like to provoke to get a reaction.
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I'm world-famous ... all over Canada.
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If there's anything more mortifying than being famous at 14, it's being washed up right after.
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No matter how famous the victim, no matter how powerful the advocates, it simply isn't always possible to control the conduct of other people.
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It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.
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It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.
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My mom was always someone who if, even now, I say I met a certain famous person, she always says, "She's married to so and so!"
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I mean I was famous for nothing.
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Just because you are famous and rich doesn't make you successful.
