Malcolm Cowley Quotes

I had talent, and I was hungry for fame, and you can't say I didn't get it.

I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.

To people who want to be rich and famous, I'd say, "Get rich first and see if that doesn't cover it."

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status.

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

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

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

I said to my mother, 'When you see my name in 'Vogue,' I will have arrived.'

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

My desire for fame is insatiable.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.

I wanted to become a star, of course. That was very important to me. I wanted to achieve something.

I'm tryna be the biggest artist I could be.

I've been blessed with a lot of talent, and if I just continue to work hard, then I think my name will be up there with some of the best.

I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.