Farrah Fawcett Quotes

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.

Being on TV brings a sort of attention in high school that can be negative sometimes. People, immediately they're going to have that in their back pocket. If they don't like you, they're going to be able to pull that out and throw it in your face.

A lot of things which come with a high profile will always be criticised one way or another.

The more people that learn about you, even if you're an underdog, then you can come under fire a lot and the more attention you get and the more threatening or dangerous you appear to people. And the more people try to knock you down.

In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more, and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say.

I read about myself in the papers all the time.

You know, if you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk about you and wanting everyone to know who you are. But that also means there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't like you. No matter who you are. I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short and has white hair.

Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.

It's really difficult to navigate attention and stardom and celebrity status and still try to maintain yourself and hold onto your intelligence and integrity. It's really challenging.

I think one of the odd things about public life, coming from the outside, is that people seem to be paranoid. Maybe they were quite frank initially, but then they did one thing which went wrong.

I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me.

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.

I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.

My whole goal was to be able to work in television and film and maintain a normal life, never be in a tabloid.

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.

You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.

I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies.

I really don't like people that go on about getting followed around, I don't like it - there are people in the industry that don't want to take everything that comes with it. I take it all.