Tate Donovan Quotes

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.

There's so much crap attached to acting: the fame aspect, the ego aspect, the 'Am I good, am I bad, am I being judged, who likes me, who doesn't like me...'

Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

I'm a real big celebrity. I'm this megastar.

I feel when a new comer acts in his first film, he starts feeling top of world and nature changes due to the stardom. And then downfall starts to happen.

I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

I don't think I'd ever be able to give up the spotlight.

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.

Yes, I was on the cover of 'Vogue,' but girls on the cover of 'Vogue' are the most scared of rejection. Models are the most insecure of them all. Actually, actors and actresses are, and then musicians, and then models!

The more you stand in the limelight, the more scarred you will become and the more you will love the limelight.

Fame looks like a really hairy affair. But if it's part of the job, I'll figure out a way to deal with it.

To say how you would react if you were really storming the charts and had people running around after you... who's to say how any of us would deal with that.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

I feel like fame is wasted on me.

The publicity and hoopla was never important to me.

I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.

'Fame' exhausts me.