Chris Rock Quotes

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

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

I just want to be rich and famous.

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

Fame means so little about somebody when you come right down to it.

Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog does not think I'm an icon, my cat does not think I am an icon, my cousin does not think I am an icon.' I have a really lovely group of friends, and I just don't think about it.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

Fame overcomes everything.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

I'm famous. That's my job.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

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 hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.