Jim Nabors Quotes

Honestly, man, I'm not somebody who wants the celebrity. I could really care less about that stuff. I know everyone says it, but I get overwhelmed by it all sometimes.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

I enjoy the work; I just don't like the glamour side of it. I find that very difficult to handle.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

Fame looks like a really hairy affair. But if it's part of the job, I'll figure out a way to deal with it.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

'Fame' exhausts me.

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.

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your picture on a bus.' It's tricky: You're excited by the possibilities, but you don't want to get too crazy.

Fame is a dangerous thing. It's what the post-industrial society wants. They want fame and many followers on Twitter. But to really make the world understandable, that challenge is remaining.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

I don't know if I'd wanna be in the limelight.

I just don't feel comfortable anymore with the kind of attention that I'm getting. It's purely the numbers of people that want a bit of the Cure or want a bit of me.

I hate fame.

There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.