Charles Barkley Quotes

There is this power that comes with being famous.

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

I used to be like everyone else and think the Kardashians are just famous for being famous. But I've been really impressed with how supportive Kim Kardashian has been of Caitlyn Jenner.

One thing I think celebrities shy away from is exposing the reality that we're all the same. Somebody's not more important because they have a Bentley or a big house or a famous boyfriend or plastic surgery - we're all the same.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out.

First of all, there's the celebrity thing. Like, who are you here for, are you dating me or are you trying to date my dad? These men either just want to be there for one thing and don't want to stay for the real relationship part or they just want to ride the wave and be bougie and bomb and have their picture taken and do all of that.

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

All my life, it's been the same with men. Being a woman who is famous and adored by men is very hard for any boyfriend to handle. All my boyfriends end up insecure.

Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.

Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap.

It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives.

Maybe women sometimes wish that a man would come along and buy them.

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

There's nothing to be said for being famous. It's a pain. You can't be rude to people - it's inexcusable not to be nice. Anyway, it's not in my nature. I was trained to be nice.

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

One handful of money is stronger than two handfuls of truth.

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes.

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

Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?

I think one of my big struggles with being famous in my early 20s was that there was a constant running commentary telling me who I was.

I've never changed the way I live. I still walk the streets; I don't give a damn. And everyone's very nice to me. But this new idea of being famous for no reason at all? I can't actually get my head round it.

I get the gold-digger part six times weekly. I can play those women into the ground, but I don't want someone telling me that's all I can do.