I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I'm dead.
Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.
A famous love story is hard to maintain when you both live in the spotlight.
The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result.
Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.
My parents are actually very famous singers in Bulgaria. My dad was in a rock band, and my mom was in a pop group. They met, fell in love, and actually formed a group together to escape the country because it was Communist, and they couldn't leave. They didn't know any English but eventually found their way to America.
'Howard the Duck!' That's a really interesting movie. I appreciate my career, because I've had a lot of very interesting ups and downs, and most people... That movie is such a famous flop. In a land of a lot of flops, it's kind of awesome to be in a really famous flop. I mean, it's kind of a poster child for flops.
I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.
I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.
The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.
It doesn't matter what famous person I've come across in the street, I don't think I've ever shouted.
We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove.
I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous.
There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.
I ain't expect it. I just expected to be Chicago famous - 'hood famous. I ain't expect to be outside-of-Chicago famous.
The day I say I'm famous is the day I sound like a fanny.
I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do.
I hope we go down in history for being something more than just another famous act that got ripped off.
I didn't want to be famous, I just wanted to sing.
Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
Fame is the thirst of youth.
I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.
One time, I came off stage and a guy named Roman Decare, God rest his soul, he was a comic. 'Louie, if you do that family stuff, and you're a clean comic on stage, you'll become famous.' And, for some reason, a switch clicked, and I started doing the family stuff, and it became a giant part of my life.
Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.
The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.
I want to be famous everywhere.
In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.
Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing.
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.
All I dreamed of when I became a footballer was to play for a club as big as Real Madrid. It's maybe the most famous and best club in the history of football.
I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor!
Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.
Being famous used to just defeat me. I wouldn't leave my house because I was worried about someone being like, 'Oh, are you Mac Miller?' and then the rest of the night I couldn't be myself.
I grew up with a lot of people who are famous now. I was friends with Hilary and Haley Duff. They are such lovely girls. I have watched their careers blossom, which I am really happy for. I grew up with Ashley Tisdale; we used to both live in Valencia, so we used to hang out back in the day.
People think Selena and The Weeknd are dating for publicity, and that's not how things works. These are real human beings. They don't just date to get more famous. They're already the most famous artists!
I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.
People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
Sometimes you're famous before you're good.
This whole segregation between famous people and other people is complete rubbish.
Mustard oil is not popular in Kerala at all. We have coconut oil and refined oil. I've tried some sweets and, of course, the famous fish, hilsa! I have a cook here with me, so he made it in our style.
I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.
The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn't really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.