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famous

Sometimes people offer you plays, they offer you parts, but they only offer it because Im famous. – Chris Rock

Whenever youre the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that. – Jeff Bridges

Its interesting because people assume that because Im famous I know all famous people. – Daniel Radcliffe

Im doing a new musical on Broadway, which opens in October called The Boy from Oz, where I play Peter Allen. For those of you who dont know, he became first famous in America for marrying Liza Minelli. – Hugh Jackman

There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous persons lifestyle that really isnt suited to me. – Daniel Radcliffe

I think its useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are – because otherwise Id be sitting here thinking Im keeping secrets, and wondering when youre going to find out. – Daniel Radcliffe

In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didnt know anyone unknown who didnt become famous. – Michael Caine

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And thats where I got famous. – Tyra Banks

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. Thats what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was Youre a Big Boy Now. – Francis Ford Coppola

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. Id think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix… I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said if you ever get a second chance for something, youve got to go all the way. – Michael N. Castle

The strangest part about being famous is you dont get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them. – Kristen Stewart

I certainly dont think you need to be famous to want to leave a legacy, but when you are famous, its even more likely that your child will get the wrong perspective on your life if you die prematurely. – Shania Twain

People just assume that if youre famous, youre in Hollywood. – Megan Fox

I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I dont. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do. – Johnny Mathis

Comedy has to be done en clair. You cant blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. – James Thurber

I dont mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that its not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in ones field. Public perks. Like, I dont know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. – Emma Thompson

The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didnt choose to. – Louis C. K.

Look at Jessica Simpson. Shes famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasnt that dumb, but thats how she was perceived – and thats what got popular. – Danica McKellar

I never pursued being famous. – Francesca Annis