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" I wanted so badly to be in a famous band, and it was not happening. I played drums with different bands and with the Blue Man Group in Chicago, but I definitely felt like, 'Wow, I did not picture my life being like this.' "

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" When the #MeToo movement started and went viral, it was everyday people all around the world. The fact that the stories continue to be about famous white women has everything to do with who the media places attention on. "

Tarana Burke

People

Media

Famous

" People are getting famous now for serving food out of a truck, or for, well, pork buns. I don't know if I'm really pleased to be a part of that. I'm somewhat terrified of what the future holds, especially in America. "

" A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. "

" One famous movie executive, who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor.' "

" The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead. "

Fred Armisen

Country

Day

" My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!' "

" Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think. "

" I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum. "

" I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother. "

Elizabeth Olsen

Mother

Island

" The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy. "

" I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal. "

" I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk. "

Rufus Wainwright

Famous

Friends

" I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy. "

Yves Saint Laurent

Joy

Clothes

" The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them. "

" The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear. "

" Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. "

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Think

Famous

Life

" A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person. "

" I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself. "

Jessica Alba

Feel

I Am

" I don't know anything about the wine world at all. "

" As a kid, 'The Monkees' was such a cool show. I had such a thrill saying, 'OMG, I was in a sketch with one of the Monkees.' "

" It's great - that's the best part about being famous is that people want to get to know me. People come up to me and introduce themselves, and I make friends, and then I meet their friends. It seems like I have a very happy and comfortable social life, which is something I never had when I was younger. "

" You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous. "

" I don't want to be famous. I like to be able to sit in a cafe and watch the world go by and observe people. "

" I'm not by nature a cynical person. But sometimes your expectations are different from reality. "

" I'm willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it's psychologically important to people when they're famous to be the only famous person they know. "

" There should be comedians who perform only for robots - I'm saying human comedians that only perform for robots. "

" You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me. "

" Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them. "

" I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh, I'm so famous I can't go places, because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.' "

" I learned to ride a ten-speed when I was 4 or 5. My uncle gave me the bike, hand-me-down, and everyone used to stare at me riding up and down this block. I was too short to reach the pedals, so I put my legs through the V of the frame. I was famous. The little kid who could ride the ten-speed. "