Tobias Forge Quotes

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.

Since becoming a global star, if I may say so, I feel six feet tall.

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.

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I don't get recognised that much in the street.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.

Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

I think people respect my work, but I was never in one of those movies that made me a star.

I actually know the moment I became known. It was at the Cannes Film Festival, when they showed 'The Virgin Spring.' I walked into that theater as one person, and I walked out as another.

I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.

Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.

I'm not worried about being a big star.

The hardest thing about becoming famous is trying not to lose yourself. The thing I like best about it is the recognition of my work.

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

My life since the Miss Universe win has changed completely, in fact I do not think my life will ever be the same again.

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

It's cool to be recognized, but it's not something that I was seeking or sought after. I never wanted to be famous.

I don't want to sound bigheaded or anything, but when you reach a certain level of recognition or fame, or whatever you want to call it, when you're young the first couple of years you think, 'Oh, this is fun.'

I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it.

Everybody wants their fame. They long for it, and I think they don't much care how they get it - to attract attention to themselves.