False Fame Quotes

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

There are some whom the applause of the multitude has deluded into the belief that they are really statesmen.

I've noticed, in the ebbs and flows of success and popularity, so much of it is fraudulent and to be distrusted.

You can be up there, talked about, appreciated all over the world, with people singing a lot of songs about you. But if you don't measure up and you are not really connected with your people... it will explode in your face, no question about it.

Everybody tells me, 'You're famous.' And I answer, 'I'm not Angelina Jolie!'

The common people are but ill judges of a man's merits; they are slaves to fame, and their eyes are dazzled with the pomp of titles and large retinue. No wonder, then, that they bestow their honors on those who least deserve them.

Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

The quick lesson that I learned is that none of the fame part is really real.

It's hard to absorb and to allow all that attention and accolades for 'Rent' because the rest of the country doesn't know who we are. Once I walk out of the door of 'Rent,' and I'm on the subway, it doesn't matter. It's an exaggerated sense of fame.

Fame often comes to those who are thinking about something else, whereas celebrity comes to those who think about nothing else. Celebrity is, if you like, a forgery of fame: it has the form but lacks the content.

We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns.

I don't in any sense think of myself as a celebrity, which of course I'm not.

I don't want to be a celebrity athlete. When you are, there's this pressure on you. It's like you have this halo over your head and have to walk on eggshells. That's not for me. All that glamour builds up a false sense of ego. It's not needed. I'm already happy with who I am. My job is just to get on the podium.

I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised.

The word "superstar" is an ilusion

I'm really not a celebrity; I'm just a teacher.

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.

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

I mean I was famous for nothing.

It is pitiful when a man bears a name for convenience merely, who has earned neither name nor fame.

I love celebrities, and I love the concept of fame, but it took me getting fame to realize that it doesn't exist, which was kind of a bummer. Fame is great if you're not famous, because it seems like this elusive impossible dream world. And it's not. It's a fancy word that managers and producers make up so they can keep hawking you for more money.

Most people in TV are nice but there are some who just live in Egoville. They're not talented, they're just famous. I don't want to be like that.

I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.

It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.