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.
I made myself famous by writing ‘songs’ and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
All I say is that I don’t go out with famous men.
The benefits from stardom as Klinger outweigh any setbacks. It’s a double-edged sword. What makes you famous is what interferes with getting other roles.
I became famous almost before I had a craft.
It is ridiculous – like a mad whirlwind… it’s mad that I’m so famous.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
My earliest memory is nursing and struggling to see the colored lights making up the map of the world, the famous backdrop for Larry King’s TV show. There’s an ‘I-want-to-do-all-things-at-once’ kind of theme to it.
I won’t share everything, both in my act or in interviews. Some of the people who become the most famous are the most self-revelatory, and I’m like, ‘No, it’s just not worth it to me.’
The most famous secret base, I guess, would be Area 51, which a lot of people have heard of as a kind of mythical place. Well, it’s a real place.
Here at Z100, we’re kind of famous for breaking new artists and watching their careers bloom.
I feel strongly about HIV/AIDS and children because I’m a famous singer, a public figure, and I’m a female and a mother. I have the responsibility and the passion to help out and do whatever I can.
There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.
Barack Obama hopes his famous health care victory will mark him as a transformative president. History, however, may judge it to have been his missed opportunity to be one.
The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.
It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don’t survive in solo careers.
The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.
Be you. If people like it, great. My music is honest, and it comes from the heart. I have never done anything to become famous.
When you’re famous, you have a certain sense of responsibility because so many people are looking at you for inspiration and for influence.
I get intimidated by famous people. When I’m around them and they look at me like I belong, I’m like, ‘Are you nuts? You’re freakin’ famous!’ Whether it’s Elmo or a Beatle or Vince Gill, it’s humbling to be in a room with these folks.
I’ve been famous my entire life; I don’t know any other way.
I don’t care about being famous.
I didn’t know what to expect from a famous movie star; maybe that he’d be sort of stuck-up, you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much… that I had a hard time painting him.
It’s not like I’m the most famous person in the world.
What’s the name of that famous museum in Paris? The Louvre? I went through that place in 20 minutes.
