My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything. Martha Plimpton on famous
I'm not one of those famous people flying round the world emoting over every catastrophe. I'm too feeble. Kristin Scott Thomas on famous
The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed. Kate Moss on famous
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. Lawrence Welk on famous
Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong? Barbra Streisand on famous
Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani. She's the cheerleader, and I'm out in the smoker shed. Courtney Love on famous
The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless. Steven Patrick Morrissey on famous
I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended up making a lot of friends there, and my old friends moved out to Los Angeles too. And also, I think when you're famous, its hard to live in a small town. John Cusack on famous
I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life. Haruki Murakami on famous
Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes. James Wolcott on famous
I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I'll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean. Mindy Kaling on famous
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. Robert Benchley on famous
I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives. Elizabeth Gilbert on famous
I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous. Jeremy Renner on famous
A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in. Shirley Manson on famous
The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons. Susan Sontag on famous
I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it. Gary Oldman on famous
You aren't famous until my mother has heard of you. Jay Leno on famous