Famous Quotes
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"You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shelter when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes you close your windows. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me."
"If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."
"You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleepwalks at night."
"Don’t let mental blocks control you. Set yourself free. Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks."
"The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts."
"...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church."
"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."
"I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous."
"What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous."
"We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free."
"I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous."
"I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things."
"I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called 'Sukiyaki,' which is a very famous Japanese song, and I've actually heard from people that they've been in bars in Asia where they've seen me come up in the 'Sukiyaki' video that they play behind you. I'm in that. I'm in a karaoke video."
"You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures."
"Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person."
"When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that."
"In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band."
"Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous."
"No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after."
"Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!"
"I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool."
"Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for."
"I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part."
"For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are."
"I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting."
"But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom."
"I'm officially near-famous. If you've got four year old kids and you've got cable, then you've got no choice but to know who I am. But if you're one of my peers - a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan - you have no idea who I am. I'm only famous if you're four."
"I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it's me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities."
"In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW."
"You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas."
"When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous."
"I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession."
"I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has people tremble in his presence."
"I don't know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I'll be competing with billions of actors who haven't got false teeth, and who are 25."
"I just want to be rich and famous."
"My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed."
"Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability."
"Andy Warhol made fame more famous."
"I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life."
"Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool."
"When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession."
"Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul."
"I want to be famous everywhere."
"I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on."
"It's really easy to avoid the tabloids. You just live your life and don't hang out with famous people who are in the tabloids. Don't do anything controversial and be a normal person. Have friends. And get a job and keep working."
"I wanted to be successful, not famous."
"I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends."
"How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?"
"I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not."
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