I just wanted to be like J.Lo when I started. The last thing I want to be is a model-slash-actress. But I love actress-slash-musicians.
I kind of shy away from that idea of being an actress because it seems to me to be such a cliché. Also, if you want to be a serious actress, then it's quite difficult to make that transition without being the blond bimbo in the opening credits. Maybe I'm being idealistic about acting and the idea that they would hire people purely based on their talent and not on their looks. But I don't know if I would be a very talented actress anyway.
Bruce was famous, but not 'Elvis famous.' He was confident and lighthearted. Comfortable in his own skin. Or so it seemed.
There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.
The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.
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.
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'd rather be remembered as a famous painter than a famous model, so I'll have to start the ball rolling now.
If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.
Being an actress in China, I'm actually a very lucky actress... Especially now that Chinese movies are becoming more diverse with more viewers overseas.
I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.
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 didn't want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us - I was the middle child - and we spent our time in church from Sunday morning to Saturday night.
The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.
To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.
Everybody want famous, like me to be a famous director.
I didn't know my mother was an actress until I was eight and she went back to work. At an even younger age than that, I'd wanted to be an actress, so when I saw her, I clearly remember thinking, 'This is a strange coincidence.'
Once an actress always an actress.
Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV.
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?
It's amazing, but I guess that happens when you become overly famous. Every week now, I get more famous.
Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?
People have heard my music, but all my famous songs were made famous by somebody else... But that was my goal.
I mean, any time an actress gets to work with another actress, it’s like, “Oh, there are two of us in a movie! How are you? Let’s sit in the hair chair together!” We’re lonely, women.
I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.
If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.
I am an actress, so my fans or the large audience should look at me as an actress on screen and love or hate me based on my performance.
Since I was four, my goal was to be a famous singer and a famous actor.
I never wanted to be famous. The characters I do are famous, and that's fine for me.
Rich and famous is not bad, but poor and famous sucks.
When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.
I guess I'm the perfect young lead actress. I'm not Chloe Sevigny - I'm not really a character actress. Some actors have "character" faces.
I was the first actress in the family, and I am still the only actress in the family. I shouldn't be saying it, but it slipped out!
You could say I'm a character actress. Or maybe a character actress who does peculiar, interesting lead roles.
I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.
I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.
I never really decided to be an actress, but I got an agent, was called back on every show I auditioned for, and finally decided I was meant to be an actress.
I wasn't even prepared to be an actress. I was 17 when I came out of high school, and suddenly became Miss World and then I became an actress.
I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.
Nobody thought a white girl should learn to cook in South Africa. I went to drama school. My mother was an actress, so I thought I'd be an actress.
If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.
I'm like really famous. I got a famous anus.
My mother was loved by so many people, famous and not so famous.
I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.
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.
I mean, any time an actress gets to work with another actress, it's like, 'Oh, there are two of us in a movie! How are you? Let's sit in the hair chair together!' We're lonely women.
Some people don't care why they are famous; they just want to be famous, and that makes my skin crawl a bit.
An actress wants to be seen. An actress wants to be loved. By multitudes of people, not just one lone man.
Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.
You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.
You can do anything when you're famous. That's why famous people are so dumb.
I think it would be very hard to go out with an actress, because they're mad. Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking.
I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.
When I was young, I was very blessed to have this insight that my best work would be when I was an older actress. I just always knew that as a young actress.
If you're famous for being famous, that's usually a four-year career.
I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
The humanity of famous intellectuals lies in being wrong with gracious courtesy when dealing with those who are not famous.
I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.
I didn't want to be famous for its own sake. I wanted to be famous so as to be happy.
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.
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