"I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous"
- David Walliams
About this Quote
This quote by David Walliams speaks to the unfortunate truth of having a name that is shown somebody who is or becomes well-known. It is most likely that the individual he understands, Phil Collins, has actually needed to handle the problem of having a name that is associated with a star. This can be a difficult situation to be in, as the person with the shared name may be continuously compared to the celeb, and even incorrect for them. It can also be difficult to establish an individual identity when one's name is shared with somebody well-known. This quote talks to the problem of having a name that is shared with somebody popular, and the problem that it can place on the individual with the shared name.
"Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there"
"So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis. We know that these people are famous. They're living in the same community as we live in. They go to the same stores and shops"
