“I'm going to continue to be a star because I'm the only one who knows how to be a star.”— Theda Bara
“You can't create a pop star. They have to have that certain something, that X factor.”— Pete Waterman
“The first thing I look for in an artist is a star. You can have the best voice in the world, but if you're not a star, you're not a star.”— Jermaine Dupri
“To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.”— Alla Nazimova