Luciano Pavarotti Quotes

Once you are accepted as a star, as a good artiste, nothing else matters.

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

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.

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

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.

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!

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.

Fame and success are very different things.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

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

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

Fame creeps up on you.

Fame is the thirst of youth.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.

Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing.

There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

The day I say I'm famous is the day I sound like a fanny.

I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I resented it with every fibre of my being when Ma was recognised. Another way of looking at celebrity, though, is it's being famous for being brilliant at something.

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.