At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north; and that was – almost daily meeting with famous men.
All my life, it’s been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.
When people stare at you, and you read about yourself in papers – at 13, it just got very confusing. I thought that if this is what it’s like to be famous, I don’t like it one bit.
I don’t want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked. Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn’t mean you have less of a right.
We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere – it was just nightmarish.
My whole life I’ve wanted to be famous.
Being famous has changed a lot, because now there’s so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
My family has existed in eastern Kentucky for as long as there are records. If you’re familiar with the famous Hatfield-McCoy family feud back in the 1860s, ‘70s and ’80s in the United States, my family was an integral part of that.
I wanted to be famous and I wanted to make a fortune, and I’ve done that.
Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It’s not really any very heady fame.
When I’m playing ‘Rock Band,’ I’m like, ‘Man, someday, later on in life when I’m a famous rock star…’ Which gets a little harder to convince myself of as I reach middle age, but it still happens a lot.
The dream of any scholar has, for me, come true by virtue of this award. The Nobel Prizes are justly famous in the hard sciences, in literature, and for peace.
Grottaglie itself is really famous for its figurative and ‘splatter’ paint ceramics – the figurative motifs are absolutely beautiful and the workshops in the town produce them all by hand so each design is unique.
If you want to be popular and famous, you can do it; it’s dead easy if you have that ego desire. But most of my ego desires as far as being famous and successful were fulfilled a long time ago.
Art is often defined as a famous masterpiece in a gallery, and we are meant to visit the work and view it to appreciate it. But that is not all there is.
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.
Everywhere you look, especially on TV, someone is promising to make you rich and famous.
I haven’t had the whole ‘famous’ thing happen to me yet, and I hope I never will. I like to sneak away in the corners and hide a lot.
To be famous and broke is hard.
I never, ever see myself as a celebrity or famous, so I poke fun at that.
Fashion icons that are famous in Paris, it’s Charlotte Gainsbourg or even me on the Internet, but we wear the same clothes every day – a white t-shirt with jeans – so why are we fashion icons?
It’s cool to be recognized, but it’s not something that I was seeking or sought after. I never wanted to be famous.
I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.
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.
Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.
