Alfonso Soriano Quotes

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it.

Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks.

The absolute truth is that there is no power in celebrity.

I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.

I always think of young Hollywood as its own little high school. There are the girls who have been working for a while that are kind of like the Queen Bees and the new kids at 'school' just starting out.

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

Celebrity is seen by a huge amount of people and certainly myself for a while as the pinnacle of society, of success. It is revered almost religiously, both the institution and its quickly growing member base.

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

Now I've become classy, else I would not have been on 'Koffee with Karan.'

Once you attain stardom, you lose that finer touch with society. When you are a man on the street, you get to know every vibration. But once you attain this status, more than you, people become self-conscious by your presence.

Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.

Somebody can become a celebrity for being stupid. That is what it's turned into.

I've gone from, you know, being too close to politicians, to being too close to entertainers, and people's father that I'm not.

There's an unspoken rule in affluent circles that suggests you can always define an individual's status by measuring his or her proximity to the most influential person in the room. And as the maxim goes, closer is always better.

To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

To whatever degree you have as a celebrity or notoriety, there are people who see you as an opinion leader.

How success changes the opinion of men!

You don't get recognized that much unless you want to get recognized, like if you go to the fancy joints and that. It's like, L.A. - there are 10 restaurants. If you want to be seen, you go.

I don't think fame is that important to me.

I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted.

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.