Taryn Manning Quotes

I had rock-star dreams from 8 or 9 almost nonstop. I thought it was going to be like being a god on earth: having as many women as you want whenever you want them, having super powers, being incredibly wealthy, never doing laundry.

When you have celebrity, it's a whole different thing than being an artist.

I feel like I'm a pop star without being a diva.

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.

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

He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr. Windsor but when the going gets rough he wants to be treated like a member of the Royal Family.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and pulling their hair because I was there. It was weird. Nobody deserves adulation like that. I tried to explain it to my kids once. I said, 'Mommy used to be kind of cool, kind of like a Britney Spears.'

I wasn't pampered the way a Tyrone Power was.

I never really thought in terms of the concept of being a rock star - being around people like that just seemed like normal day-in-the-life stuff to me. Those were just the surroundings I grew up in.

A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Unless you're a star in this town, you're really nothing.

Who wouldn't want to be Frank Sinatra's son?

Since becoming a global star, if I may say so, I feel six feet tall.

I'm not a shiny pop star.

I've always wanted to be a star.

Being a TV star is a great gift. Everyone treats you royally.

Since I am an outsider, I never knew how it feels to have a superstar in one's family.

I may have a very visible job that allows more than a million viewers to invite me and my fellow anchors into their homes every morning, but that doesn't make me famous, nor does my job entitle me to any kind of special privileges.

I love the fame, I love the attention, and I love the perks.