Fame and Recognition Quotes

There's something about the American sensibility that kind of hails people in the public eye. You have a star system. You have that kind of thing where you say, "Good on you for doing that."

I can never describe myself as a movie star. I don't know when that happens but it's certainly not me.

I know I've got a lock on the Dutch Hall of Fame.

I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.

Since childhood, I have been watching the Filmfare Awards, and it has always been very special to anyone who works in the film industry.

I'm not a movie star and I know that.

I've always enjoyed acting, but there's a part of me that's shied away from living a celebrity life. I don't feel comfortable being noticed all the time. Sometimes I even fantasize about doing things other than acting. But I can remember being back on set the third day of my latest project and going, "Ahh, this is what I have to do for a living." It's what makes me happy.

I have really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit.

Being a movie star is a quality that somebody sort of embodies, and being a celebrity is something that people give to you. It has to do with being recognizable, as opposed to something that people recognize in you. I just hope to make good movies. I know that sounds simple, but it's true.

Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

Being a public figure was reserved for movie stars.

If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview.

When I was offered to sing 'Tere Bina' in 'Guru' by A. R. Rahman sir, it was a surreal experience. The song clicked, and many composers took notice of me and my work then.

I always wanted to be famous because I thought that if I couldn't be good [at something], I'd be famous. I was never really good. I was just something different and I got to be famous for being different.

My fame? Truly I don't consider myself famous...long way to go yet. But if anyone does ask for an autograph it's a wonderful feeling.

Cool people still have a hard time showing what they got in Hollywood.

I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.

If you have paparazzi, you know you've gotten somewhere.

You never feel that you have fame. It's always in back of you.

Would you believe I was a famous star? It's the truth.

I really don't feel the need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because, at the end of the day, it's just somebody's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They have a particular process, and they're welcome to do it however they want to do it.

Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.

It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a "destiny" to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century.