Maya Lin Quotes

Celebrity is very weird.

I believe in wishing my colleagues and other celebs in a manner that brings my wit out and gives people a talking point. But there are people who love and those who hate you. That's part of a celeb's life.

For me, the only value a celebrity has, or any artist or actor or anything, is the things that they make, you know?

Although early on, I did not think of showbiz, I dreamed of being on TV and becoming a celebrity.

I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.

You know, if you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk about you and wanting everyone to know who you are. But that also means there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't like you. No matter who you are. I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short and has white hair.

My ultimate goal is to really be a huge music artist to the point where one day people forget that I was on a reality show.

Being a public figure was reserved for movie stars.

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

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

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me.

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.

I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

I'm not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I'm interested in the perception of the celebrity.

You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you're new.

And I'm hoping that over the next 20, 50 years, whatever, the mystique of television and film and all that will diminish somewhat, and people will leave us alone to get on with our jobs.

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

I know I'm on a small cable reality show. I'm realistic where I stand in the scheme of things.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't desire any more fame. I don't need it.

I don't think people look at how pop stars live and feel anything aspirational at all.

I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.

You'd be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn't a sex symbol somewhere.