Helen Slater Quotes

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

Frankly, there is no shorter shelf life other than that of a child actor, than that of the ingenue.

In the entertainment industry, careers don't last very long - and online, careers last an even shorter amount of time.

The younger generation of performers really enjoy their success. Its like they know their moment is here right now and probably won't be here in a few years.

You get 15 minutes of fame, I hear, and I've had 14 minutes. The clock's ticking.

I am just a journeyman actor. Most often I take what's offered me, and I've been able to work year after year. I was in 'Scarface.' Some people think this must have done me a world of good. Truth to tell, six months after 'Scarface' I had to take a job with a real estate development friend for a few months just to get by.

I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.

There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold.

I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.

As an artist, as a brand, as a rapper, as a musician, you know you got a window and a lot of people, even an athlete; they don't have no exit strategy. It's just living in the false reality that it's going to be like this forever.

A lot of bands, they'll try to jump on the bandwagon or the fad or the fashion, and they'll skyrocket, have this quick overnight fame. But as soon as that fad or fashion changes, they'll go out with it.

In Britain, we have this attitude that people are one-hit wonders. If it proves that way, I'd rather have had that one hit than not at all.

I'm sure there's a long list of one-time all-stars, and I don't want to be on it.

You never know how long your fifteen minutes of fame is going to last.

I doubt anybody gets taken seriously for very long. I'll be on some reality show in about six years going, Hey, I had a great year in 2006.

If you're famous for being famous, that's usually a four-year career.

The first song that I had that went platinum was 'Keep Your Head Up,' which was a long time ago. Then, you get 'one-hit wonder' with that.

I had been on four other series that never lasted more than a year and a half. I'd done fine, so you start to wonder, 'Will I ever be one of those lucky actors who get to be part of something lasting?'

I took off the makeup and stashed the crown, and now I was just another young woman out in the world. It's almost dizzying how fast the fame goes away - like a stage that turns dark at the end of a performance.

When you know part of the industry thinks of you as a one-hit wonder, that's painful.

I always believed that the bubble could burst tomorrow. You're only as good as your last record.

I will never be a career actor, I don't think. I don't feel that I have the skill set to jump into it that way, although I wouldn't mind giving it a try.

I have no predilection for unpopularity as such, but I hold it much preferable to the popularity of a day, which perishes with the transient topic upon which it is grounded.

You have a shelf-life on TV.

The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long.