Richard Elman Quotes

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

When you're as famous as I am, stories take on a life of their own.

There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.

If you chase fame, you make bad choices. Being famous isn't interesting.

To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.

Fame often comes to those who are thinking about something else, whereas celebrity comes to those who think about nothing else. Celebrity is, if you like, a forgery of fame: it has the form but lacks the content.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

In Hollywood, they say good news finds you.

I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

I don't want to dedicate my life to getting publicity.

Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

You know, the more I appear on newspapers, the more famous I become.

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!