Evelyn Keyes Quotes

I used to be the hippest of them all. I used to know everything about everything. I used to read about everything that was going on, and I knew everybody's name and anybody in pop culture. Anything that was written about me, I would read.

I don't even know what an 'It' girl is. As far as I'm concerned, an 'It' girl is somebody who doesn't do anything except go to parties and get her photograph taken.

I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me.

I don't have big time celebrity friends - I'm just a guy.

I don't really hang out with a lot of celebrities.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

I don't have many famous friends, really, except Simon Cowell.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

It doesn't take much to get a high profile in Australia.

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.

I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor... and now I'm a style guru!

Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.

I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.

I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.

One of the greatest things about my job is that I can enjoy all the successes of a show, but can still go out in public, not like say, Michael Jordan.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of 'Rent,' and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame.

Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated.

A lot of these reality-TV shows people go on, they come off, and nothing happens. You never hear from them again. Fifteen seconds of fame is not the name of the game. No matter how big you break, or how many people you break in front of, you still have to slowly build a fan base to have anything loyal and lasting from people.

That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

The entertainment industry and my place in it is a place where you burn brightly for as long as you can.