Tana Mongeau Quotes

The public's appetite for frothy, flippant blondes has waned, but Paris Hilton still fascinates me.

I would watch 'the Kardashians' and think, I could do that.

You don't want to be a Kardashian.

I came to the Kardashians a bit late, and I'm still just gob-smacked. Who are these people?

My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics as a media play.

I'm obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she's the nicest person ever.

We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.

You have people who can't act and they get all these parts. Paris Hilton falls into her own category. She's made a career out of it.

I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.

The cult of celebrity in the '60s and '70s was really more reserved for movie stars or high socialites. Paparazzi didn't care about Janis Joplin.

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

I like the Kardashians. I'm a fan. I watch their show.

I don't think people look at how pop stars live and feel anything aspirational at all.

I almost choke on my popcorn when I hear film stars, who walk on red carpets as much as the rest of us do on zebra crossings, criticising youngsters who crave fame.

Journalists have made celebrities into an industry.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.

Vamps no longer exist. Stars have taken their roles.

People have such false perceptions of how stardom really works.

I just try not to subscribe to the ways of celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm a working actor. A lot of the events - the parties and the premieres that people go to to get noticed - I'm just not into. I'll hang out with my friends, go see punk shows, read at home. At the same time, I have a production company, which is a lot of work.

Celebrity is very weird.

Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood.

Like it or not, I am part of the pop culture of films in Hollywood.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

I like the Kardashians. I watch 'em. When Kim got the botox in her face, and it made her face go weepy, that was funny. I also watch 'America's Next Top Model.' I've always been a big fan.