Adam Brody Quotes

Boy George was only 7 years old when I was hot in '68.

Obviously we were having an effect, because all these people were clamouring to meet us. Like Muhammad Ali, for instance.

Old people come up to me and say, 'Are you still alive? I used to watch you on 'To Tell The Truth' when I was a kid.'

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.

A lot of people my age, they grew up with me onscreen. I think that's helped keep a certain amount of longevity. When you grow up with a person, you feel like you know them.

I just want to be rich and famous.

The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.

When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

I had my autograph down by the age of 13. I used to sign it everywhere.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

It's always a really great feeling when I talk to people who watched 'Jett Jackson' because we were the same age. We were all kids. I was 13 when I started working on that show, and that was part of my childhood.

Wherever I go, people still shout out: 'Hey, hey, we're The Monkees.' And I never tire of that.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.

Since being involved in 'Strictly Come Dancing,' my life has changed completely. I can't walk down the street without women throwing themselves at me, I usually wouldn't mind, but they are of a certain age. Hopefully, after this series, they will bring their daughters!

People feel like they grew up with me.

At the age of nine, I could cross the length of Glasgow on a succession of buses, wearing regulation garter-topped stockings and compulsory cap and - if I'd done well enough to earn the honour in last week's test - with a First World War medal on a striped ribbon pinned to my brown blazer. I must have looked like a chocolate soldier.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.

As a kid, even I knew everything about my favourite cricketers. I used to know everything possible. Now I see kids knowing about me. It feels good.

Most of you are so young you don't know who I am, and that's good.

It's such a thrill when an adult comes up to me and says, 'I read your book as a child and really loved it.' That's a tremendous compliment.