Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

People are crazy about seeing a celebrity in person.

I'm obsessed with celebrities and fame. I always will be.

I don't want to be a movie star like Angelina Jolie. Nothing about being a celebrity is desirable. I'm an actor. It's bizarre to me that everybody's so obsessive.

There are those, I think, who are attracted to the glitz of celebrity life. I am not one of them.

I'm not really enamored by movie stars.

People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.

Back when I was competing I had a lot of fans wanting my autograph, wanting to take my picture, but nothing like what my son is dealing with.

I don't think the craze of celebs will ever die down.

We live in a celebrity-obsessed society.

I haven't had a lot of celebrities around me growing up.

Groupies to me, were people who followed you around. Familiar faces who were always there, asking for autographs. We have more of those now, but they're not sexual.

Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.

As young, hot actors living in Hollywood, you get even more attractive.

The cult of celebrity in the '60s and '70s was really more reserved for movie stars or high socialites. Paparazzi didn't care about Janis Joplin.

I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

In Hollywood, for me, it's all about the movie stars and the singers. Baseball players don't draw too much attention; we're low key. I'm good with faces and sometimes bad with names, but I'll walk up to somebody if I know who they are... show them some love.

I almost choke on my popcorn when I hear film stars, who walk on red carpets as much as the rest of us do on zebra crossings, criticising youngsters who crave fame.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.

I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.

I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.

Celebrity was fun, and I had a good time.

I'm just a photographer, not a movie star.

I feel like I'm playing more of a role walking down the red carpet than when I'm playing an ordinary woman covered in sweat.