Michelle Kwan Quotes

I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience.

People who have achieved a public voice find it a mixed bag.

If people love you, if you're making money, if the performances you have are unlike anything anyone has ever seen, you get put in a position to be the man.

From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.

When you get to the level that I'm at, often you are a very lonely man.

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.

I think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make.

I have the stardom glow.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.

Fame and success are very different things.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

Fame creeps up on you.