Famous Quotes

Pulp existed for 12 years before we got famous. Now, you could say that was just lack of imagination, but it's some kind of quality isn't it? Tenacity. You could also say it was sloth.

Jarvis Cocker

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

Jay Leno

My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.

Ian Hart

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

Leigh Hunt

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous.

Kelsey Grammer

You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures.

Gene Robinson

I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother.

Elizabeth Olsen

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

Noomi Rapace

That save from Pele's header was the best I ever made. I didn't have any idea how famous it would become - to start with, I didn't even realise I'd made it at all.

Gordon Banks

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Robert South

I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I'll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean.

Mindy Kaling

But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.

Steve Wozniak

Once you're famous you can't go back.

Matthew Morrison

I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

Debra Winger

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

Tom Sizemore

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

Ethan Hawke

Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'

Rachel Weisz

For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.

Jewel

Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.

Moliere

I used to think no one should go into show biz, but now I feel differently. I now feel like it's a great career. If you can do it and make money at it and still not be so famous that you can have a normal life - then I think it's a great career.

Julia Sweeney