A lot of people in the Isle of Man support me and it makes it all worthwhile when people are interested in what you’re doing. I dunno if the word ‘famous’ is appropriate, but I’m quite well known on the Isle of Man.
I mean he’s a very famous director… they’re not going to put their… and he’s very tough, he doesn’t like interference at all, so he kept them at bay.
I’ve never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.
We had such a wonderful set of circumstances in Wilmington. Yes, the four of us became famous literally overnight, but we were in a small town and we always knew when people were coming down. We always knew when to behave.
I would be happy to be a footnote in my dad’s bio. I don’t care about trying to be famous or prove that I didn’t need him. Even if they say I’m riding his coattails, I’m confident enough in my own music that I don’t worry about that.
I didn’t want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.
The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, ‘50s, ’60s and ‘70s.
When you’re married to someone famous, people know you, but they’re not really seeing you.
A lot of people have the misconception that I decided to become an actor when Lily became famous and have accused me of jumping on her bandwagon. But that’s completely untrue.
I love being famous – it’s phenomenal.
My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings.
I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they’ve done.
To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.
Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I’ve done, almost because I’m not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.
As a boy, I was a member of a club run by the famous reptile showman Ross Allen, and the club sent its members pseudoscientific papers mimeographed on construction paper with a three-hole punch.
Slowly but surely, we are acquiring that famous culture of democracy, which is our objective.
The most famous Obama precept is, ‘No drama.’
Ain’t nobody more famous than me. I am my own hero and everything else. If you are a SEAL you can say that.
I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
Our country was not built to support blood dynasties or to elevate the rich and famous to a higher ethical or constitutional plain.
When you’re just making something in your room, you’re not thinking that this box with a screen is gonna make you famous. You don’t think you’re putting yourself out there, because you don’t see it on the other side.
I have been DJing in clubs for years. I always dreamed to be a famous DJ in Holland. And now it’s worldwide. You can’t imagine. I mean, I still can’t believe it myself that everything has gone so well.
One of the small joys that’s easy to miss in London is the blue plaques on buildings. These are put up to commemorate the famous on the houses they lived in.
Robin Williams was a wonderful, kind, and generous man. One important thing I remember about his personality is that he was unassuming – he never acted as if he was powerful or famous.
