James Spader Quotes

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

Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.

What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

I don't want to be a reality retro star.

Celebrity never really served me that well; it serves other people well.

Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.

Everybody thinks it's going to be so glamorous, so cool, you're on 'Glee,' you know, a hit show or whatever.

I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.

Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.

The real stars are not good actors or actresses. They're personalities.

Stardom should be a discovery. You don't hammer it onto people's heads. You don't demand it. You command it.

I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good.

There is dignity in being a celebrity. Let us not lose that dignity.

We're just actors, man, just part of things. We're just doing our jobs, like everyone else does their jobs. The adulation for us is much more because we are always in the public eye. But I never became an actor because I wanted people to scream out my name.

I wanted to be the most famous. And it wasn't until I hung out with Justin Bieber that the whole thing got demystified. The mystique of it was gone.

Celebrity is quite a fraught word. It is not something I aspire to, but I can certainly see why it could be.

I love the fame, I love the attention, and I love the perks.

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

I looked at 'Us Weekly' and said, 'I want to be famous.'