Adam Goldberg Quotes

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

The more name value I have, the better. The more undeniable I am, the better. Then I can get what I want.

Celebrity is a weird appendage, which is useless unless you do something with it.

The higher your profile, the more people want you.

The true value of somebody in this town is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors.

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

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

I feel like clout is something that builds up on your teeth.

I don't think people we'll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high.

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

Influence is the new power - if you have influence, you can create a brand.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

If you're not in 'The Washington Post' every day, you might as well not exist.

It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.

It's very strange. I can't go anywhere without somebody stopping me, which is so cool that I get to connect to people that I never might've ever spoken to, or they have an impetus to speak to me. It's created a career that I wasn't sure if I'd ever really have.

Fame can amplify the message of art in a remarkable, meaningful way.

When you get your name out there in Las Vegas and New York, that boosts your brand even more.

If we pick recognition over influence we'll be known for all the wrong stuff.

Fame is that which is known to exist by the echo of its footsteps through congenial minds.