Lukasz Fabianski Quotes

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

The recognition thing started to happen in 2009 when 'Skins' season three had come out and we were on TV. It used to happen much more when we were in the height of our success, but I never really saw it as a chore or anything like that. It was just quite exciting - you had fans.

When comedians get successful, the fans that they have aren't the fans they would hang out with. I don't have that problem.

Ninety percent of the people who come to see me are my fans.

I still think it's weird that people are interested in what I like and what I represent.

There are all these tests that are done on young kids and they all say they want to be famous but I just always felt that for my generation being famous was kind of corny and cheesy. Maybe because fame isn't something that proves you're good at something.

I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans and without that you don't have a career.

I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.

You know, if you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk about you and wanting everyone to know who you are. But that also means there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't like you. No matter who you are. I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short and has white hair.

I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

It's been interesting. I went through a period where a lot of people would recognize me, and then when I had injures and my ranking dropped, not as many people did.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

I don't think people look at how pop stars live and feel anything aspirational at all.

Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.

I can tell if someone is talking to me because I'm on 'Friends' or cause they just think I'm neat. You know I don't think I've ever spent more than five or ten minutes with somebody who was ogling me because they recognized me from the show.

Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.

I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me.

I'm really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.