Jane Asher Quotes

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

I didn't really want to be a movie star. I thought they were so screwed up!

The idea that people are watching me now is a bit unnerving, but I suppose it comes with the territory. It is, perhaps, the modern side of celebrity.

I've learned how to be famous and a lot of people don't prepare for it and it's something that can change life for the better or for the worst.

I admire pop stars, and there's parts of that world I'm glad I don't have to go through. It takes a lot of work to do the things they do.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your picture on a bus.' It's tricky: You're excited by the possibilities, but you don't want to get too crazy.

Walking down the red carpet, suddenly I felt very special and different. All the flashlights from cameras and requesting voices from the media, the scene, it was just like what I remembered seeing on TV or a movie when I was a little girl - the scene only when movie stars appeared.

You see Justin Bieber and Robert Pattinson, what they go through, and dude, that's not as exciting as it looks.

I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

Would I want Johnny Depp's career? Sure! But do I want all the trappings and all the stuff that comes with that? I don't know. It's a pretty serious trade off. Can you prevent it? Probably not.

There are times when you see how ridiculous is this life, how ludicrous it is, you know, leaving your house every morning and being followed by paparazzi.

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.

The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.

I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.

It's a diabolical business. I can't imagine how hellish it must be to be hounded like Amy Winehouse and people like that. I have a little peripheral place on the outskirts of celebrity, when I go to premieres and that sort of stuff, which is as close as I want to get.

Luckily, I don't think that I'm too famous. I can still live my life pretty comfortably. Fame has never really ever appealed to me. I think it's easy to see that it's not a great thing to have.

We talk about, 'Wow, thank God that we were out when we were, because it was much easier then.' There wasn't paparazzi following you every step of your day, every move you make.

I've never had issues with stardom.