Fame is an illusive thing - here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim; cheers today, hisses tomorrow; utter forgetfulness in a few months.
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
The only good thing about fame that I've gotten is I've gotten out of a couple of speeding tickets. I've gotten into a restaurant when I didn't have a suit and tie on. That's really about it.
I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
Fame or perceived success - it all comes from groupthink.
The fame and the fame-hungry world we live in does it all for you. Women are lining up on your Instagram account to meet you.
Fame means when your computer modem is broken, the repair guy comes out to your house a little faster.
I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of my career does.
I didn't handle fame very well at first. I got a little resentful.
I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death.
A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.
Money and fame are very inconvenient and very problematic.
The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe.
There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument, "What end or object could the party have had in the act with which he is accused.
Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.
Fame overcomes everything.
I'd like to think I did well. I'd like to think that, if I had a must-win game, the guys I played with would want me to have the ball. But no, I don't think I deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.
I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.
My fame is due to broadcast television.
It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.