Olly Murs Quotes

You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.

If you want to be really famous you have to go on TV every day.

Who doesn't want to be famous? I am famous. I'm dying to be on TV.

I want to show people that I can be a household name.

I find that people are constantly coming up to me now. There's been a definite surge of people recognizing me and I'm not sure if it has to do with the DVDs or not, but I've sort of assumed that it does because the show has been off the air for three years now.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

People see you on TV every day, they start knowing your name. You know, I was always just the guy from Maroon 5 until I became myself.

Fame should be left to the film stars.

I have no ambitions to be a pop star.

Even through 'Get Smart' or 'She's Out of My League,' I have yet to have that instant recognition and at such an early stage, where people totally didn't know my name, but they knew my face immediately.

Everywhere I go now, people are like, 'That's the guy from 'Dancing With the Stars!' It's pretty good that you're not just a football player but you're in the entertainment world.

We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

The power of network television is amazing. I've been performing for years but have been seen on only a few episodes of this show, and people spot me in public now all the time. They say, 'Hey, aren't you on 'Nashville'?' Most locals seem to really appreciate how authentic the show is.

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

You start making movies and people start seeing when you go to places, and all of a sudden you are getting clothes for free and all of a sudden you are getting food for free.

I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't, really, I was very naive when it came to the whole being recognized thing.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'

People still recognize me on the street. 'Are you really Corky?'

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