Negative Fame Quotes

All fame is dangerous: Good, bringeth Envy; Bad, Shame.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

I have always believed that fame is a curse. I never envied one of the famous people I've known.

I grew a very early distaste for fame and glamour because I saw what the spotlight and attention can do to you as a family, so to speak.

Fame has always been a downside to acting for me. It gives me the creeps.

Fame gives you everything you never wanted.

People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff.

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

Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.

It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill.

If I ever modelled for Calvin Klein I'd give myself to a flock of fans to beat me silly with a baseball bat.

Being infamous is not fun. It becomes a weird occupation in and of itself.

I don't really even go out that much now, except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised. I used to be a really friendly person, and now I just want to be invisible. I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life.

I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!

The fame is the downside. I can't think of many positive things about it - except that when I go to parties, I don't have to stand there like a lemon.

I probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of.

People who are seriously damaged by sudden fame and notoriety have, in my experience, very low esteem at the root of their being.

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.

I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

(Wil Wheaton) was so fun to have on the set, and he was such a good guy, just in general. He seemed to be completely okay with the fact that his entire name became a mantra of vengeful hate. That didn't seem to bother him.

I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.

Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

There is no good side to celebrity.