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In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.
Luciano Pavarotti on famous

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.
Radha Mitchell on famous

I had to do this very aggressive, big score in a very short time, and knowing that in the beginning, middle, and end would be this very, very famous theme, but I still had to weave a score around it and make it work as a score was really challenging.
Danny Elfman on famous

These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
Barry Manilow on famous

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
T-Pain on famous

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?
Tom Sizemore on famous

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.
Mira Sorvino on famous

One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes from some of the most famous ballrooms throughout the country.
Nick Clooney on famous

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.
David Gest on famous

We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing.
Ellen Pompeo on famous

The famous saying 'God is love', it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the 'otherness' and terror of God.
Charles Williams on famous

But I don't feel the need to be famous.
Jessica Alba on famous

I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.
Jessica Alba on famous

Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.
Tia Carrere on famous

It's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions.
Carmelo Anthony on famous

There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I had some relations, once also to a famous pop star.
Gabriela Sabatini on famous

You can be a famous poisoner or a successful poisoner, but not both, and the same seems to apply to Great Train Robbers.
Clive Anderson on famous

Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get.
Lionel Richie on famous

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.
Fran Drescher on famous

To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?
Christopher Hampton on famous