Famous Quotes

"A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra"

"I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done"

Mickey Gilley, Musician

"We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove"

Lew Wasserman, Producer

"People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done"

Cullen Hightower, Writer

"Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous"

Junipero Serra, Clergyman

"They were all famous and fantastic fellows"

Peter Scott, Artist

"When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I was insecure about my own level of ability, I didn't know whether I could compete with these people and, at the same time. I was wondering what is this anyway?"

Henry Flynt, Artist

"I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous"

Vince Gill, Musician

"As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life"

Gwen Stefani, Musician

"If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before"

David Gest, Celebrity

"I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated"

Louie Anderson, Comedian

"What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real"

Jean Claude Van Damme, Actor

"Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics"

Mickey Spillane, Author

"At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language"

Lafcadio Hearn, Author

"Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve"

Maureen Dowd, Journalist

"I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill"

Jessica Cutler, Celebrity

"I have also just finished three weeks on a soap opera in England. The soap opera is a rather famous one called Crossroads. It was first on television 25 years ago, and it has recently been brought back. I play the part of a businessman called David Wheeler"

Jeremy Bulloch, Actor

"It's quite a famous story that takes place on Christmas Eve, and the Germans, French, and Scottish are trying to make peace one night and they bury their dead and they play football. I play a German opera singer, in German, which I never have so I am really excited about that"

Diane Kruger, Model

"There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no reason for me to do anything short of that, because I'm 24, I don't have a family, I don't need to make tons of money, and I'm not dying to get famous"

Tobey Maguire, Actor

"I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product"

Steve Coogan, Comedian

"People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius"

Jerry Lewis, Comedian

"Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good"

Laura Linney, Actress

"It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work"

Gyorgy Legeti

"It's not a sport you get famous at. If I wanted to be famous, I would have stuck with hockey"

Eric Heiden, Athlete

"I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary"

Enya, Musician

"There's always going to be that pressure when you're in front of the camera. When you're famous it's just an extreme version of reality and there's a pressure to look a certain way"

Geri Halliwell, Musician

"I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher"

Moses Mendelssohn, Philosopher

"I didn't get into skating to be famous"

Eric Heiden, Athlete

"I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen"

Helmut Newton, Photographer

"It was never about winning medals or being famous"

Nancy Kerrigan, Athlete

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

Fran Drescher, Actress

"Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous"

Don Johnson, Actor

"I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you"

Don Johnson, Actor

"I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating"

Charlotte Church, Musician

"I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash"

Anthony Hopkins, Actor

"These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like"

Catherine Keener, Actress

"I never thought about being famous"

Damon Wayans, Comedian

"Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises"

Colin Mochrie, Actor

"Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me"

Annni-Frid Lyngstad

"I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that"

David Friedman, Musician

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