Adam Clarke Quotes

I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done.

Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life.

If people are talking about me, I want it to be because of the work I'm doing and not the person I'm seeing.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I have labored to make the record of the great men of my time.

The more records you put up, the longer they talk about you.

I've never had a very great public life.

I had been overexposed in a particular way because my marriage to an extremely successful older man meant I was involved in his public life as well as my own.

I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.

I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

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.

I want to make a name for myself.

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

The line between greatness and obscurity is very, very small.

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

I wanted to build up a name for myself.

I've won some pretty cool things in my life and I have a lot of great titles.

What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

My goal is to be remembered as a human being and as a great performer.

I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.