Joseph Addison Quotes

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your picture on a bus.' It's tricky: You're excited by the possibilities, but you don't want to get too crazy.

Fame is not a natural condition for human beings.

If you want to be popular and famous, you can do it; it's dead easy if you have that ego desire. But most of my ego desires as far as being famous and successful were fulfilled a long time ago.

I want to be famous. That's my ambition, and there is nothing wrong with it.

I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting fame or not, and those who don't want it, don't get it.

People want fame and I would never tell a person to not want that, because it's f--ing awesome. Actually.

When I was younger, I actually wanted to be in the spotlight. To have people want me, want to have a piece of me.

It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.

As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think they don't want to be stars. Everyone wants to be a star! That's the truth. Even grownups; they pretend they don't want to be one and don't care. But everyone wants to.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness.

I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.

I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.

I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

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

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

I never pursued being 'famous.'

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status.