Paul McCartney Quotes

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

Any part that makes you world famous has got to be a blessing, hasn't it?

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

Fame creeps up on you.

East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.

There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.

Winning takes you to that next level of being a bigger star.

It's lovely being in a hit.

Once you are accepted as a star, as a good artiste, nothing else matters.

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.

It's everyone's dream to be on a cover of a magazine - you know what I mean? It's like a dream come true.

The bigger you become as a player and the more success you have as a player, the spotlight definitely becomes brighter.

I do feel very honored to get all this attention. Basically, what I need to do is to go out there and perform. That's what I'm intending to do.

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.

I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp.

I think fame comes from actually doing something big with your career.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.

I have the stardom glow.