Fame Quotes

“Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.”

“My private life is private. I have no problem with that.”

“Celebrity is the highest form of communication.”

“I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you.”

“All I wanted was to be a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be a songwriter. I wanted to be a star.”

“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”

“Fame after Wham! was a scary thing. I was frightened by it.”

“They tell me that I'm a legend, but I'm just a guy who sings songs.”

“I have to remind myself to breathe—literally—when I'm on a red carpet.”

“My private life is private.”

“The lifestyle of a rock star is a cliché. It's a myth.”

“What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was a wonderful life, but it was not a real life. I know that, and I have always been aware of that.”

“Being in Limp Bizkit is like being in the sixth grade. You're a popular kid in school. You're not held to any standards of being a good person.”

“I don't think I'm a star. I'm just a guy who was on a show that was popular.”

“My entire school life was really a living hell.”

“At 15, I was making a lot of money, and I was on a TV show.”

“I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.”

“Fame is a four-letter word. And like 'tape' or 'em', or 'puke', you can't be sure what it's going to do to you.”

“To be a supermodel you have to be on all the covers and in all the shows. That's how it works.”

“I don't know what it is to be a star. I know what it is to be an actor.”