Gustave Flaubert Quotes

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

You'd be surprised at the things people will do in order to get their names or pictures in the paper.

Being a movie star is a quality that somebody sort of embodies, and being a celebrity is something that people give to you. It has to do with being recognizable, as opposed to something that people recognize in you. I just hope to make good movies. I know that sounds simple, but it's true.

The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it.

My theory is that when you're famous, you're no different from anybody else - it's just that more people know your name.

And now he's down this for me. He's made me famous. He's put my name on the world.

It's going to be really weird to know that people are going to actually know my name, that's going to be strange.

You do a couple of superhero things and then, all of a sudden, they want to get you because there may be some name value.

I'm really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.

Half the people who snuff people, that's what they want: recognition. Get their picture in the paper.

I keep reading about people who want to be famous - it's not that they want to be great songwriters or great actors, they want to be celebrities. That is scary because you can be famous doing some really stupid things.

When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

I don't really feel famous. I'm just an internet guy. I walk down the street and people don't really mess with me too much. I still have my life.

If there are people who like the work you've done, because of that, they like you and want your autograph and to take a photo, that's really gratifying. You have to be appreciative.

I'm just a guy. I get treated like I'm famous but I don't take it seriously. I take the time people take out to check me out very, very seriously.

You people sometimes are like those serial killers you see in films who cut out the words 'I am going to get you' or 'your wife is next'.

The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark.

People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light.

Am I a star? That's a different thing. I mean no, I'm not in People magazine. But I must be doing something right, because I've done it for 50 years! And I like doing what I do.

In Britain people might know me more for my comedy writing background, things like that.

Do I feel famous? I feel more famous than I did 10 years ago, absolutely.

Being a public figure was reserved for movie stars.

People recognize me all the time. I think it's really nice. I don't mind it at all. It feels kind of surreal when people know who you are and I think that it's really cool.

It made me a household name, but nothing comes for nothing. What I had to give physically, emotionally and vocally to that role took a bit of my soul away.

My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.