Claire Scovell LaZebnik Quotes

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.

Usually when I see someone famous, for some reason, I think I know them.

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be.

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.

I really don't think I could get starstruck with anybody. Famous final words, but I just don't think I could.

I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.

Some of the higher price of L.A. real estate does reflect the intrinsic pleasure of living there, as I'm reminded every time I walk out my door into the perfect weather.

To my real estate agent, Chernobyl is a fixer-upper.

The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

Investor demand for distressed property has been healthy, as rents rise to levels that can cover investors' costs while they wait for properties to appreciate. Giving investors a small tax break should further juice up demand, supporting prices for distressed homes and the market in general.

Hollywood is the kind of town that likes to make everything larger than life: movie premieres, aging actress' lips, and murders. Actors come from all over the world to find their sliver of fame on the street of L.A. Many stars rise, but many more fall.

The most critical factor subduing the demand for housing is that home ownership is no longer seen as the great, long-term buildup in equity value it once was.

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.

But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.

I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.

The good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.

Like many children of the rich and famous, Paris Hilton didn't always get to spend quality time with her parents, especially her mother. A socially ambitious young woman, Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino Richards Hilton, who had married into the celebrated Hilton Hotel family, was often out and about.

If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.