Jason Lee Quotes

I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

I don't maybe follow the normal star profile, and it's not something that I particularly want to embrace in terms of the publicity thing and wanting to be famous and known.

Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.

Everyone in the film industry does a lot of drama to get the limelight.

At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous.

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

I'm not interested in celebrity.

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

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

Being a celebrity is a business.

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.

The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.

I hate fame.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.

The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.