Dick Van Dyke Quotes

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebody will ask me for my autograph, Spenser-Margaret will say, 'You must watch 'Charlie's Angels.' You know, that's like all I've done to them.

The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you - and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

Fame is morally neutral.

I have no interest in being famous for the sake of being famous.

If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

I don't walk around the street thinking, 'I'm Michael Madsen,' but then again, I am that guy, and sometimes people do take notice of me. Sometimes it's really not comfortable.

I'm used to the public knowing me, knowing about me.

When you have celebrity, it's a whole different thing than being an artist.

I see that people now recognize me in the street. But it doesn't change me in the depth of my being.

When the success of 'Crazy Rich' hit, it's like everybody knows exactly who you are, and the way that they speak to you is different. I've stayed the same throughout. It's just people's perception of you changes.

I don't consider myself an icon.

I don't want people to treat me like a star or call me one.

I'm a big star in Asia, but I never think about being famous.

'Famous' is a very weird word. I feel like - I feel like that's definitely not me.

I don't think I'm known for my gifts - I'm known for my gall. I don't want to be just a famous person - I'm too old.

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

You can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.