A Quote by John Cooper Clarke
I'd like to be rich, but without all the downside of fame.
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The fame is the downside. I can't think of many positive things about it - except that when I go to parties, I don't have to stand there like a lemon.
I think there are different kinds of fame. There's fame which is plastic and about paparazzi and money and being rich, and then there's the fame, which is when no one knows who you are but everyone wants to know who you are.
Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.'
I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.
The main downside was that it [fame] happened so quickly and I didn't have time to establish what kind of person I wanted to be.
There's no downside to fame and people who whine about it make me sick. It's the greatest thing in the world.
Even at the height of my fame, 50 per cent of the people who saw me wanted a fight; it’s the downside of being a star player.
Fame has always been a downside to acting for me. It gives me the creeps.
The fame of the rich man dies with him; the fame of the treasure, and not of the man who possessed it, remains.
I am not biased against the rich because they are rich, but the most lively people are those without money who would like to have some
Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the best.
The bottom line is that if I did it, you can do it. I got rich without the benefit of a college education or a penny of capital but making many errors along the way. I went from being a pauper.. a hippie dropout on the dole, living in a crummy room without the proverbial pot to piss in, without even the money to pay the rent, without a clue as to what to do next.. to being rich...
Those on the downside of rising economic inequality generally do not want government policies that look like handouts. They typically do not want the government to make the tax system more progressive, to impose punishing taxes on the rich, in order to give the money to them. Redistribution feels demeaning. It feels like being labeled a failure.
You can't win fame; you have to earn it. If you're given fame without working for it, then you're not going to be ready for it.
Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous.
Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.
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