Stephen Sondheim Quotes

East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.

I am not chasing stardom.

I guess you cannot prepare yourself enough for stardom, even though you strive for it all your life.

I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.

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.

It's not my ambition to be a big star.

I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous.

I don't think I'd ever be able to give up the spotlight.

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

Hold on to that. You have an autograph. I'm going to be famous some day.

There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

I never wanted to be a star.

If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

I don't know if fame will come.

I'm not worried about being a big star.

Fame is a beast that you can't control or be prepared for.

I always wanted to be a big star.

I've always wanted to be a star.

I am not saying that those who crave for conventional stardom are wrong in their aspirations. But that's not what I want.

Stardom is a crazy thought. If that's what my path is, then that's where I'm excited to be headed towards.

I'm like a famous person to some people, not to everybody. I want to be big.

I think I'm a superstar.

It's not the part of being a celebrity that's so attractive to me. It's being recognized for your accomplishments and what you've done... becoming closer to what you want to achieve in life.

I don't even think about fame at all.