To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.
Celebrity is a pathological sickness of the culture. Narcissists on screen being consumed by narcissists off-screen.
I'm not stupid enough to think that I can deal with another 10 or 15 years of major exposure. I think that is the ultimate tragedy of fame... People who are simply out of control, who are lost. I've seen so many of them, and I don't want to be another cliche.
Fame is a modern phenomenon caused by the explosion of media, where there's a zillion digital channels and snappers everywhere. It's so attainable, so people can have their Warhol 15 minutes of fame, and some are so aggressive.
The end of my addiction to fame happened at the exact moment 'Roseanne' dropped out of the top ten, in the seventh of our nine seasons. It was mysteriously instantaneous!
I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know?
Famous like a drug that I've taken too much of but I never ever trip, just peace, happiness and love.
First, the newcomers are eager to come in front of the camera, and later they are like, 'No, sorry, sorry, no pictures'. What is this? I say fame is a very dangerous and bitter thing.
I'm realistic. I'm not becoming Farrah Fawcett here. If you stay beyond your welcome, it's for ego or money or because you can't exist without the limelight. I'm fine without it.
The way people get hooked on fame... it can behave very much like an addiction.
I love what I do, but I never want to OD on celebrity.
When 'Play' first came out, journalists didn't review it; it didn't get radio play. And then it became this big successful record and, I hate to admit this, I found myself liking the fame. I bought into it.
I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
Fighters never realise when it is time to walk away. They can't leave the buzz and adoration that surrounds being champion.
