There are a lot of famous people who started out with us and became stars and I wouldn't swap my life with theirs for one second.

The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie was an unexpected, unplanned pop culture phenomena. My father went from star-maker to star.

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.

When I wasn't famous, I had a lot of friends, almost all of them Italian. The racism only started when I started to play football.

I really don't know anything else because my brothers were famous when I was two years old. So I know nothing else, no other life.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too.

Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!

I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity.

I'm not interested in being famous. I'm interested in doing my job and doing it well, and that's wrestling, and that's what I love.

Our country was not built to support blood dynasties or to elevate the rich and famous to a higher ethical or constitutional plain.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

Sarah Phelps is such an incredibly detailed writer. She's famous for bringing literature to life, like Dickens and Agatha Christie.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.

I love that my music is connecting with people, but I don't think there'll be a point where I feel like, 'Oh yeah, I'm famous now.'

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.

I've never done this from a standpoint of, 'I want to be famous.' I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing.

I'm not one of those who gets star struck at all, I don't feel I should give someone so much importance just because they are famous.

When you're poor, you are invisible. Every poor person will tell you nobody sees you. So being famous was me just wanting to be seen.

I've had to deal, a lot, with my own sense of intimidation at meeting famous people - especially actors, but really any famous people.

I never had a plan B; I would walk around with my head up in the clouds like, 'I'm going to be a famous singer/rapper person one day.'

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.

It's kinda me and Jon Stewart have a pact together - so he's making me famous in the Western world and I'm making him famous in Egypt!

Air travelers, of course, are famous for their hubris. They carry on too many bags and use the restroom when the seat-belt sign is on.

Liverpool people are famous for liking clothes and fashion; they are very social and lively people, and we know that they like clothes.

I was born in Glasgow. But my family is pretty much from a little town called Paisley, famous for its cotton mills and paisley pattern.

In Australia, there is a very famous show called 'Home and Away.' I was cast on that at 15. The day I started filming, my life changed.

I had thought that maybe I will go into hotel business because our family loves food. And North Indian food is very famous in Hyderabad.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid.

I'm trying to be a working actor. I'm not in pursuit of fame. I'm not trying to be in the kinds of films that make you famous like that.

I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.

When I go to Atlanta, I'm famous. I can get on a flight, anything. Because they're watching every show, and if you're black, you famous.

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

It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers.

I think one of my big struggles with being famous in my early 20s was that there was a constant running commentary telling me who I was.

Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.

Celebrities have more influence to be able to reach out to people, but people are becoming famous on Facebook and social media every day.

It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made.

You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A few days.

It doesn't really matter how famous I am. What's important is that Bulgaria is represented in a good and positive way all around the world.

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.

People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.

Before I started my modeling career at 20, I used to replay fashion show videos on-line and study how famous models walk and pose on runways.

One of the big things that broke the band up for me, which I've become much clearer on over the years, was that I had no desire to be famous.

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