Roger Ebert Quotes

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

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

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

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

I don't feel any great need to dress in funny-looking clothes and be recognized as a star, nor do I get that much satisfaction out of hanging around all the main clubs so people can see who I am.

People love to see public figures get taken down a notch, and by the same token, everyone loves to be the center of attention, even when there's a target on their forehead.

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.

Everybody wants to be known. Everybody's a Kardashian.

I don't want to be famous for being famous.

People want their 15 minutes and are willing to do anything to get it.

To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.

If you chase fame, you make bad choices. Being famous isn't interesting.

The rich and famous expect to get a lot for their story, whether they are writing it themselves or not. It's not that they need the money, of course; it's a question of ego, like catching the biggest fish.

Give me the flash lights, the red carpets, and all that goes with it. Please! Oh, and I love hoardings. I love them. Nothing makes me happier than my face splashed all over the city.

There's a difference between fame and fame for fame's sake.

Anyone who is on the verge of kind of famous but not really relevant is kind of fun to play with.

It's not a nice thing to have a song written about you.

All the Kardashians care about is the media, money, and being on camera.

You shouldn't inflict yourself on the public when your fifteen minutes is up.

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

You'd be surprised at the things people will do in order to get their names or pictures in the paper.

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!

I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it.