Maggie Q Quotes

I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.

You can be known or be a star from anywhere - anywhere in the world.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

Is fame without purpose and is fame without talent really where we are now? People used to be famous for what they did. Now, they're just famous.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

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

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

Lesson to would-be fame seekers: It's not really a new world when it comes to celebrity. There are no shortcuts. It's still talent, perseverance and hard work. Even the speed and reach of the Net can't create lasting value and income overnight.

Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.

I have to say, you know, I've seen so many people go through the cycle and become famous and not famous anymore and, you know, want - have their priorities change and want different things.

If I'm going to be famous, I want to be famous for doing something good - having talent.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.

'Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous.

When you walk on the road and people scream out your name, the high is unparalleled.

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.