Jimmy White Quotes

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life.

Fame is weird.

In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but there's also confusion. It's important to make sure your feet stay on the ground.

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.

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

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

I never wanted to be a star.

If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.

I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.

Fame is a beast that you can't control or be prepared for.

I was really uncomfortable with fame. I mean, it's lovely and flattering, and you enjoy all the razzmatazz and being flown around, but when people suddenly call you a star, you think, 'I'm not a star, I'm just playing a star role.'

I guess you cannot prepare yourself enough for stardom, even though you strive for it all your life.

Fame is the weirdest thing ever.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think they don't want to be stars. Everyone wants to be a star! That's the truth. Even grownups; they pretend they don't want to be one and don't care. But everyone wants to.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.