Cher Quotes

I hate to consider myself a celebrity.

This celebrity thing has been interesting. It's hard to get used to, because I don't see myself as a celebrity.

This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are.

There should be a talent that goes along with being famous.

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.

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.

I can't believe that person on the television is really me.

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

I'm not an actress, I'm a girl who was on reality TV.

I don't like to think I am a celebrity; I am just a bloke on the telly.

The only time it's ever like work is when you don't like what you've done. I'm very lucky in that I haven't cultivated fame. Which, from what I've seen of my contemporaries, takes an enormous amount of time. I have a lot of respect for people that do it and they're successful at it ... Especially people that aren't such talented actors.

Fame it's like... When you look through a window, say you pass a little pub, or an inn. You look through the window and you see people talking and carrying on. You,can watch outside the window and see them all being very real with each other. But when you walk into the room, it's over. I don't pay any attention to it.

There are so many third-rate people now who are more famous than people who should be famous, but sometimes people who could or should be famous are very boring, too.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.