David Bailey Quotes

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

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

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

Fame is the thirst of youth.

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

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

If people love you, if you're making money, if the performances you have are unlike anything anyone has ever seen, you get put in a position to be the man.

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.'

Fame is a mind - a way of thinking about things. It's all in your mind.

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

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.

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.

I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me.

I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away.

I was overwhelmed when people started to know who I was.

Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.

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

Fame and success are very different things.