Ryan Leaf Quotes

Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.

I just want to be rich and famous.

You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.

Fame overcomes everything.

Something happens to people around fame and power and money - it can bring out the worst and best in people; it's a monster you have to tame.

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

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

My desire for fame is insatiable.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

I never really wanted to be No. 1 and a big shot, have people playing up to me all the time. I wasn't comfortable with any of it.

I don't need the fame or power.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.

'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.

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.

I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

Fame gives you a high.

I'd like to have the fortune, but I don't care too much about the fame.

I'm like a famous person to some people, not to everybody. I want to be big.

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.