Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Fame is not like a jacket. You can't put it on and then take it off.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

Stardom can be very destructive - particularly if you believe in it.

Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.

The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody.

Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.

I've had the fame and the joy of getting laughter - those are gifts.

I got awarded so many times and received love and fame from my fans.

Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.

I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

Nothing but pain, stuck in this game, searching for fortune and fame.

Many have lived on a pedestal who will never have a statue when dead.

I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left but to become infamous.

Fancy being remembered around the world for the invention of a mouse!

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.

It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit .

There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes!

I'm interested in time, fame, death, beauty, truth, all those things.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Fame made me insecure and insular. I wanted to run away from being me.

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

I never dealt with fame. It was never a goal of mine to become famous.

Money will buy money's worth; but the thing men call fame, what is it?

I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.

The way to fame, is like the way to heaven,--through much tribulation.

I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame.

We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith.

People assume that somehow fame and wealth will keep mortality at bay.

If a man was great while living, he becomes tenfold greater when dead.

I think fame comes from actually doing something big with your career.

Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

Every man who deserves to be famous knows it is not worth the trouble.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

You know you’re really famous when there’s rumors about you being gay.

Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.

I'd like to have the fortune, but I don't care too much about the fame.

Amidst all of these flashing lights I pray the fame won't take my life.

Mortalhood is a fine state to visit, but you'd better not call it home.

The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.

People care about my fame, not me. But that's fine. I have my own life.

I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.

Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.

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