Famous Quotes

Oh yeah, I was one of the first guys writing comic books, I wrote Captain America, with guys like Stan Lee, who became famous later on with Marvel Comics.

Mickey Spillane

Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.

Louise Brown

I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'

Jason Reitman

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

J. K. Rowling

It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

Bruno Tonioli

They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do.

Sirhan Sirhan

They used to but not any more. You kind of get used to it - you accept it is part of your job - if you're famous and you want this life, you have got to accept this part of it as well.

Charlotte Church

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

Rashida Jones

I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.

Matthew Modine

I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave.

Elizabeth Hurley

Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It's all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that.

Sandra Lee

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

Kate Adie

I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem.

Shirley MacLaine

I wanted to be a political science professor and go to school in Boston. I never wanted to be a big, famous movie star and TV star. It kind of found me.

Eliza Dushku

I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn't come up to me and say, 'Hi Dave!'

David Zucker

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

Haile Gebrselassie

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.

Stephen Colbert

I think it's real easy to be famous these days it's not real easy to sustain success.

Jerry Jeff Walker

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

Chris Evert

Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out.

Vincent Schiavelli