Caitlin Moran Quotes

I just want to be rich and famous.

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

Fame is one of the potential hazards of this job, but I really just want to make movies. I want to be respected, sure. Who doesn't? But famous-famous? I just don't care about it. And if you genuinely don't give a damn about that stuff, you really are free.

Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.

I'm not doing this to be a pop star. I've had plenty of money and attention. I'm doing it for credibility.

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

I would rather give up acting than become world famous, because I think you pay a very high price. Writing and putting new plays out into the world has informed what I do, and I've had a lot more freedom to play really interesting parts.

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

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.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

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.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

Fame overcomes everything.

I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.

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

Prestige is the shadow of money and power.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

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

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

I was a guy who wanted to become famous. There was steam coming out of my ears, I wanted to be famous so badly. You want the attention, you want the bucks, and you want the best seat in the restaurant. I didn't think what the repercussions would be.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

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.

There has always been something about the biggest, the wealthiest, the best-known, the most prestigious that has appealed to me. It's always seemed to me that that is what people want to know about.