Chad Kroeger Quotes

Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.

It was really weird to have a hit. Of course, we had a certain level of fame in the Pixies, but nothing I had ever done had been mall-kid friendly.

These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.

The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

Being in 'Us Weekly' does not make you famous.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in.

It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

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.

To me, there are two types of celebrity: there's good celebrity - people that are attracted to the food and working and trying to create something great - and then there's bad celebrity - those who are working on being a celebrity.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

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

If you wanna be famous, then it's okay if the music is fake, because fame isn't real.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

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.

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.

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous.

I didn't really sign up to be a celebrity, I only signed up to be a writer.

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.

Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I've always hoped to have a really long career. So I've tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn't realize the two could go together.

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

It doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity.

Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.'