Jeremy Scott Quotes

There's no royalty in America, so people deify actors.

We are making gods out of global celebrities.

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.

I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them.

In this business, if you're a success, there's some folks who actually worship you. I have been to some places where it's impossible to walk across the stage without having the major portion of my outfit torn off for souvenirs.

We're a nation of celebrity and hero worshipers, so much so that we make heroes out of those who aren't, such as John Wayne: a patriotic, red-blooded, two-fisted American who spent the Second World War in the trenches on the movie lots of Hollywood.

For the same reason we have the Brad Pitts and the George Clooneys, it's just part of human nature to idolize stereotypes.

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

Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.

'George' exploits John Kennedy Jr.'s cult of celebrity at a time when Americans are hungry for icons, not heroes.

Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

We live in a celebrity-obsessed society.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.

An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

Celebrity culture is something that pains me.

Celebrity culture, it's everywhere, isn't it? It's reality TV, Big Brother. I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day?

I don't think I have any celeb crushes!

I feel more people can relate to the D-list than the A-list.

With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.

We've always been fascinated with movie stars and singers, but the fascination with people who really have nothing to offer is something new.

The idea of celebrity has always been very strange to me because it's taking the focus away from the music and attaching it to a person. When we put someone on a pedestal or idolize them, we're giving our own power away.

Now celebrity has taken on a holy status all of its own, and we look to the stars to provide us with the transcendental experience that was once achieved through religion.

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.