Lisa Marie Presley Quotes

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

Fame is an upshot of what I do. If you're a successful comedian or actor, then you're a famous one. But it's not the driving force. It's a by-product.

Fame gives you a high.

Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.

Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

Fame and success are very different things.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

I never wanted fame.

The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs.

Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

Fame creeps up on you.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

I don't think I ever wanted fame.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such.

Fame is a magnifying glass

Stardom should be a discovery. You don't hammer it onto people's heads. You don't demand it. You command it.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you.

Fame, in Trumpian fashion, is war. You are expected to defend your fame; many people want to take it from you.

The more success you have, the more attention and the more spotlight comes to your name.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be on posters. I want to be good.

If people love you, if you're making money, if the performances you have are unlike anything anyone has ever seen, you get put in a position to be the man.

I do not want fame.