Top 1200 Becoming Famous Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Yes. I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

Some people may be famous for creating a pencil sharpener. I'm famous for my tits.

If it's just a pastime, keep doing it because it's relaxing and to blow off some steam. But if you're not sure if you want to do it, or you're thinking you can be famous, you shouldn't do it because you want to be famous. You have to do it because you love it and you want to play for people. And if that's what you want to do, then do it, but you can't go into it with that mindset of "we'll be in a band and we'll be famous."

No matter how famous you are, there's always somebody more famous than you.

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

It's definitely important to stay true to yourself and stay close to those people who you were close to before [becoming famous]. Family, your friends, and just not let that outside stuff get to you.

I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

Fear is the process of the mind in the struggle of becoming. In becoming good there is the fear of evil; in becoming complete, there is the fear of loneliness.

I'd rather be remembered as a famous painter than a famous model, so I'll have to start the ball rolling now.

The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

I always wanted to be famous because I thought that if I couldn't be good [at something], I'd be famous. I was never really good. I was just something different and I got to be famous for being different.

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

People have heard my music, but all my famous songs were made famous by somebody else... But that was my goal.

I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now; they think that's going to sort things out.

I got starstruck not by someone who is famous, but by someone who's famous in the miniature painting community. When I was a kid, I used to paint miniatures. There were famous people in the miniature community from forums online. I went to some big event and I saw them in real life and I was so starstruck.

Bruce was famous, but not 'Elvis famous.' He was confident and lighthearted. Comfortable in his own skin. Or so it seemed.

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

Among the Diaries beginning with the second quarter of our century, there is frequent mention of a lady then becoming famous for her beauty and her wit: "an unusual combination," in the deliberate syllables of one of the writers, who is, however, not disposed to personal irony when speaking of her.

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

Many of us place top priority not on becoming Christ like in the middle of our problems but on finding happiness.... I must firmly and consciously by an act of my will reject the goal of becoming happy and adopt the goal of becoming more like the Lord.

I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded

I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.

I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.

We're in a horrible, repugnant place now where kids are told it's their right and due to be hugely famous. Not good at their job, not good at anything, just hugely famous. This is not sane. Little girls think they'll be famous if they have vast breast implants and might as well die if they don't.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

Americanization means the process of becoming an American. It means civic incorporation, becoming a part of the polity - becoming one of us. But that does not mean conformity. We are more than a melting pot, we are a kaleidoscope, where every turn of history refracts new light on the old promise.

I ain't expect it. I just expected to be Chicago famous - 'hood famous. I ain't expect to be outside-of-Chicago famous.

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.

I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

If you're famous, I don't - for the life of me - I don't understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter.

I’m famous, but I’m not famous like freaking Brad Pitt or Jennifer Aniston.

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

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.

I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.

I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.

I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.

Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

Some people don't care why they are famous; they just want to be famous, and that makes my skin crawl a bit.

It's amazing, but I guess that happens when you become overly famous. Every week now, I get more famous.

I'm so fascinated by YouTube culture. I have no idea how it's working, but more and more people are becoming Internet famous, and it is because it allows you to have an atmosphere in which you feel comfortable to be yourself, which you might not get otherwise.

We learn by watching. That's what concerns me a little about the society we're in now because so much of what we're watching is entitled, self-centered, brats with no talent becoming very, very famous for literally no reason.

After becoming famous once again - a 1976 song, "Hurricane," even marked a return to protest songwriting - [Bob] Dylan got addicted to drugs, found Jesus, left Jesus, and put out a lot of swill.

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

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.

When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins.

Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.

I woke up famous for about a minute, then stopped being famous again.

The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.

Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.

I never wanted to be famous. The characters I do are famous, and that's fine for me.

I want to be really special, I want to be really good. It's not enough to be famous for me. Famous is empty so quickly, it's not what people think it is. It's wonderful, but if you're famous and you feel that you're an artist inside and everyone thinks you're just a celebrity, it's really painful.

One bulls-eye and you're rich and famous. The rich get more famous and the famous get rich. You're the talk of the town....The sense of so much depending on success is very hard to ignore, perhaps impossible. It leads to disproportionate anxiety and disproportionate relief or disappointment.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for doing something good - having talent.

I want to be famous so I can be humble about being famous. What good is my humility when I am stuck in this obscurity?