I'm not an icon. Not even in America.
After six years of doing it, the weird thing on 'Towie' is that we can't explain to people that we're famous. We're doing a show where we have to act like normal people.
At first, when you go to premieres and award shows, you're thinking, 'How the hell am I here? All these people I've never met are here, and it's so cool!' And then, as time goes on, it's a little bit like, 'Ah... it's more like work.'
I don't think I'll ever be comfortable being considered a sex symbol, especially after you work with someone like George Clooney.
People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood.
My family quite innocently don't understand the ins and outs of it all, but they see things like the Burberry show and the Live Lounge, so they understand the gravity of those things, but they're proud - it's cool.
I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.
I don't necessarily view myself as a 'famous' person, I look at like Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts and think to myself, now that's a celebrity.
I think a lot of people confuse what we do with fame or wanting fame... which is not necessarily true.
I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.
Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is.
I don't even have a stalker. I'm just not the guy that people stalk.
I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.
America has a tendency to chip away at you if you've been a success for a long time, whereas in Europe, they put you on a pedestal.
Everybody tells me, 'You're famous.' And I answer, 'I'm not Angelina Jolie!'
Man, I don't got any real fans. Just fair-weather ones and groupies.
You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!
I don't like to read things that people write about me. I'd rather read what kids have to say about me because it's not their profession to do that.
What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor.
Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated.
The thing about fame is, you want it your whole life, but no matter how bright you are, no one ever asks themselves why they want fame. You never really know what it is until you have it. You can never tangibly feel your own fame.
Even the pre-schoolers are like, 'I watch you on The Jonas Brothers.' And my own kids. I have been in the greatest movies, even some for kids, and they were never impressed until I did 'Jonas L.A.'
It's hard to say I don't like being famous, but how I feel is that I don't see myself as that person. It baffles me that people would want a picture with me.
I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
A lot of stuff doesn't faze me. I think it's because I was brought up in a small town, and normally, when you're from a small town, when you see a famous person, you'd be like, 'Oh my god. This never happens,' but I've always kind of been like nonchalant.
