Tracey Ullman Quotes

I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don't know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

I was so famous that I couldn't leave the hotel room. I remember looking out of the window at all these fans but just feeling so isolated.

In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.

I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience.

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

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

Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.

It's one thing to look at someone like Beyonce and Rihanna and to see how beloved and talented they are, and it's another thing to live inside it.

You can't really fault people who are experiencing fame. They're just making their way through, and everybody around them is reflecting this fame right back at them. It's strange.

Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.

I was born into the limelight. So, my biggest achievement, which I worked hard for, is to stay normal.

I believe that sometimes, when you start out at 18 years of age on the red carpet, it can make you think, 'This is normal, this is easy.'

I don't think you can understand everything that goes into being a superstar because even I don't understand everything. I think we're all learning as we go.

You are only part of the film industry if you are doing well, let me tell you. You will be invited to parties and flowers will reach you on your birthday. When you are not doing well, you are really an outcast.

I know what it's like to grow up in Hollywood.

I have fame, and I'm living this life, but sometimes I forget, and I go out to dinner or walk to the movies like nothing's wrong.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

That's another thing about today's stars that makes me glad that I'm not doing it any more. The stars come with ten people all around them. I don't know how you ever make any personal contact with them.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.

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

I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.