Rachael Stirling Quotes

You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again.

To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything.

Celebrity nowadays is so fleeting.

Fame is a fickle thing that only lasts as long as you can be out there offering yourself to the public. And as soon as you relax for five minutes, they're gone, you know, and they're following somebody else.

Fame is short-lived, and you're the last to know when you are no longer hot.

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.

People tell me all the time that my 15 minutes are up.

Overnight, I became a public figure.

I love acting. Oh, God, I love it. But all this fame and all this bullshit attention. I'm not supernatural. I've done nothing extremely special to deserve the position. It happens every couple of years, and it's happened to hundreds of people before me.

You never know how long your fifteen minutes of fame is going to last.

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.

I've been on pilots. I've seen shows come and go. I know that this stuff is all very fleeting, so I try to keep it cool.

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.

It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.

The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.

In a very short period of time, actors can become kind of relevant and hot.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then they're nothing again.

I mean, why am I considered an 'it girl?' Because I'm in a lot of movies right now or am on the covers of magazines? I just hope there is something solid behind that. Because here's the thing with 'it girl' status. It's great and amazing that anybody is saying that at all. But how long does that last?

In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.