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" I never wanted to be famous. "

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" People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood. "

" Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I worked with him on a low budget film years ago, and we'd sit around at night while waiting for a shot. "

" Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers. "

Roberto Clemente

" And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California. "

" I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes. "

" I think I'm a better filmmaker than actor, so I already know that. That's OK. I can handle not being a famous actor. "

" I worked at a hot dog place, a bagel place, the Jersey Store and the hottest fashion joint around. I was getting too famous to work there anymore. I was almost showing up as a joke. I made $2,000 on my show the previous night and I'm going to go shopping during my five-hour shift. "

" It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous. "

" We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing. "

" My day jobs... I knew I was bad at those, so I didn't really have the confidence to think that I could do comedy. But I knew I hated the day jobs. "

" Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather. "

" You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing. "

" On the Italian side, we can trace the family back 2,000 years. I have a cousin in Rome, a famous archaeologist, Count Andrea Carandini, who was in Lombardy and came across some pottery with the original name of the family, Carandinus, painted on it. "

Christopher Lee

" I've got a nice collection of paintings - a Basquiat, a black-and-white Warhol that's like a Rorschach test, and I commissioned Takashi Murakami to do a ten-foot joint for me. It's almost like the explosion in Hiroshima with his famous skeleton head. There's a wall above my fireplace reserved for it. "

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" I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse. "

" When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image. "

" I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies. I'll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean. "

" Vidal Sassoon was the most famous hairstylist in the history of the world. "

John Paul DeJoria

" People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase. "

" The Kardashians can be famous for being famous. What do they do? I can't figure it out. "

" I'm not famous, which generally is an absolute plus point, but if you're on TV, or someone knows who you are, it can be quite helpful to a certain charity or certain cause. "

Jodie Whittaker

" People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for. "

Millard Drexler

" My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person. "

" Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul. "

" The year after Russell retired, in the famous seventh game of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, Willis Reed, the New York Knicks center, limped onto the court against the Los Angeles Lakers, inspiring his team and freezing Chamberlain into a benign perplexity. "

" I admire sensible, kind people. They're not often famous. "

" What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous. "

" There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything. "

" When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous. "

Katharine Hepburn

" Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good. "