David Jason Quotes

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.

I can't bear the idea or concept of being a 'celeb.'

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

Fame looks like a really hairy affair. But if it's part of the job, I'll figure out a way to deal with it.

I hate fame.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.

Celebrity never really served me that well; it serves other people well.

I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.

The real stars are not good actors or actresses. They're personalities.

The idea that people are watching me now is a bit unnerving, but I suppose it comes with the territory. It is, perhaps, the modern side of celebrity.

I'm far happier now than when it seemed I was on the cover of every magazine in the land.

I can't spend any time cultivating celebrity.

I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

I wouldn't like to be that famous, I value my privacy. Mind you, Miss Piggy enjoys every moment of it. If it were not for me, she would spend all her time in the limelight.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.