Why does anybody want to be famous? You know whats important to me? Having lunch! Pasta! Seeing my friends! Is that so crazy? – Sherry Stringfield
Im hardly famous. I wouldnt want to trade places with anyone else. – Nikki Cox
When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But Im the same guy Ive always been. – Barry Zito
I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didnt impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert he was like a second father. – Herb Ritts
Its hard to have a bad hair day when youre famous. – Marion Jones
Im not unknown, yet Im not super famous where I cant go anywhere. – Justin Guarini
I dont have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force. – James Darcy
I totally related to Cole Porters magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldnt drag them away from a piano. – Kevin Kline
Celebrity culture, its everywhere, isnt it? Its reality TV, Big Brother. I didnt become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didnt want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? – Ryan Giggs
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. Its not really any very heady fame. – Peter Carey
I dont want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on writing a lot. – Amanda Hocking
Its not that I dont want to become famous or that Im obsessed by my work as an actress, but its all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from. – Sarah Polley
I heard so many stories from Gaomis peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomis peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this. – Mo Yan
I dont care how famous a guitarist is, he aint learned everything. Theres always somewhere to go, something to mash up, but he aint found it yet. You never learn everything on that guitar neck. – David Edwards
I dont want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress. – Juliette Lewis
I always thought it was strange when these artists like Kurt Cobain or whoever would get really famous and say, I dont understand why this is happening to me. There is a mathematical formula to why you got famous. It isnt some magical thing that just started happening. – Chad Kroeger
I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. Im more in the second group. – Franka Potente
I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know they just dont have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize. – Danny Strong
I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. Its a tough age, period. – Bill Skarsgard
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 dont know what its like. – Catherine Keener
