Don Johnson Quotes

I know some of the richest and most powerful men in the world, and they're jealous of me.

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

Even though I am fortunate to have certain luxuries, sometimes, I am even amazed by what people with money have and do. I want to remind people that just because you might be rich and famous, it doesn't mean you have to take yourself too seriously.

He who has the gold makes the rules.

It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.

Often times, the more power and prestige a person achieves, the more arrogant a person can become.

I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

Money, celebrity and power can be very intoxicating.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

It all goes completely to your head.

…property in fact generally confers power, though the possessor of it may not have much more wit than a mole or a mugwash…

When I came into the NFL, there were three things that were very important to me: money, power and prestige. I was powerful now because I was a famous athlete. I had prestige because I was doing what everybody wanted to do. And I had a lot of money.

Success is very intoxicating. It is very difficult to handle all the fame and adulation. It corrupts you. You start to believe that everybody around you is in awe of you, that everybody wants you, and that everybody is thinking of you all the time.