Calvin Klein Quotes

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.

One of the top comments I get from people is, 'Oh my God, you're like a regular person!' That's kind of a bizarre thing to live with. I know a lot of famous people, and their lives may not be regular, but they are regular people.

I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good.

When the success of 'Crazy Rich' hit, it's like everybody knows exactly who you are, and the way that they speak to you is different. I've stayed the same throughout. It's just people's perception of you changes.

Being a star is not a job, and that's really important for me say.

'Famous' is a very weird word. I feel like - I feel like that's definitely not me.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.

I don't think it's anything you ever get used to... for many years, I could never sort of put my name in the same sort of category as the word 'famous' or anything like that. And I just found it very uncomfortable... if you get used to it, then something must be wrong.

I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.

That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.

People recognize me - but if you've been in the public eye as long as I have and people don't recognize you, I feel bad about myself.

I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.

If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. I don't fit that mould.

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.

I was born in fame. I was always recognised and known. Personally, I feel normal about it.

I'm not saying I'm ungrateful for fame at all. I'm just saying it's a crazy emotional experience.

Fame is something that is tough when it comes. It's a weird thing to take on in real life. I was a little bit afraid and, as a result, kind of turned my back on it. You should embrace it because it's going to be a part of who you are, and it's going to be a part of what this business is about.