Kate Winslet Quotes

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

I'm not in a real rush to be a big star.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I don't think I'm a celebrity. A chimpanzee could have done what I did.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard... If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.

But I don't feel the need to be famous.

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.

I never pursued being 'famous.'

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

I am not famous at all.

You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before.

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.