Chelsea Handler Quotes

I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

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!

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

It doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

I don't maybe follow the normal star profile, and it's not something that I particularly want to embrace in terms of the publicity thing and wanting to be famous and known.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

I hate to consider myself a celebrity.

This celebrity thing has been interesting. It's hard to get used to, because I don't see myself as a celebrity.

At first all I wanted to be was famous; then I realized that fame had nothing to do with talent. I felt that I didn't do anything quite well enough, that I was one of those people who was famous but not very talented. So I said, okay, I'll be the Dinah Shore of the Seventies, on TV all the time but nobody quite knows why.

It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit .

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.

I'm so not a celebrity.

Being in 'Us Weekly' does not make you famous.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

People know who you are when you've never met them. For them, through interviews and seeing you perform, they feel like they know you and you've never seen them before. It's really different, but it's awesome.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.