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" 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. "

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" On an emotional level, success in America would be terrible for me; it would be insane. I really, seriously, never want to be famous here. "

Robbie Williams

Famous

Seriously

" I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it. "

" I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need. "

" What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real. "

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Real

Kind

" Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. "

" It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because it's a revival of something, but because it's so fresh and original. "

" I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that. "

" I developed the pilot for 'Entertainment Tonight' with Jack Haley, Jr. and Al Masini, who became my business partner in 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,' 'Runaway' and several other shows and specials. "

" I never wanted to be famous. "

" I learned a long time ago, if you want to keep your friends in show business, don't get famous. Because as soon as you get famous, a lot of the people you used to know, who didn't, become incredibly bitter and jealous. It's part of the territory. "

" I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems. "

" I honestly don't need much money. People love to buy me drinks. Hostesses love to feed me. Famous artists lavish me with expensive artworks, and heiresses do the same with jewels that I promptly lose. "

" I don't like the idea of famous people. "

Kristin Hersh

Famous People

People

" I didn't like noisy cinemas when I wasn't famous. "

Ricky Gervais

Famous

Noisy

" Ever since Obama's election team and media thugs made me famous for asking a simple question in 2008, I've had more than my share of death threats by people who are by definition at least a little crazy. "

" If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous. "

" I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double - it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don't really give them anything. "

" The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to. "

" I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me. "

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

" I've been famous for a long, long time. So I don't think of it - I think of it very differently. It's the normal temperature of my room. "

" I am thrilled to write 'The Treasure Chest,' and to bring to life not only the childhoods of famous people from history, but also the characters of Maisie and Felix, who I hope you will fall in love with just as I have! "

" I lived in New York my whole life. Like every New Yorker, I have stories about spending summers on the Jersey shore, riding the roller coaster in Seaside that is now famous for that sickening photo of it being washed out to sea. "

Marissa Jaret Winokur

Famous

New York

Life

" I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made. "

" It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. "

" Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews. "

" When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession. "

" If people just want to be famous, that's just not enough to get you up at 4 in the morning to go to work. You have to love what you're doing. "

" I was always interested in enchantment and magicians and still am. "

Christopher Lee

Magicians

Interested

" Mainly, I don't like it when music is made solely to impress people or in order to please business people; it doesn't sound good to me. If you're making music in order to become famous or loved by the masses... that's not what I'm about. When somebody's making music for the wrong reasons, I hear it right away. "