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" There are few celebrities that I don't know personally. And compared to the rich, most of the famous live in the poorhouse. It's much better to be rich than famous. "

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" To be a Southern Ground artist, you have to be a lifer. It's not about winning a karaoke contest or a television show to become famous. It's about really paying your dues. It's people I'm fans of and want to help in the business. "

" Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies. "

" I do know something about the news world. I was sitting on the floors of newsrooms since I was seven years old, and I've been around them my whole life. I understand that someone looks at a story with famous people in it, and you want to put it out. "

" It wasn't easy navigating publicity when I started, because I grew up with 'being famous,' and I'm just not into it, and I guess defensiveness gets read into that. And I didn't get an easy ride at the beginning. "

" When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous. "

" For a while, I became a model scout and agent, thinking naively I could change the industry from the inside, and even kicked off the famous 'size zero debate' with an article I wrote to the 'Evening Standard' about my concerns from behind the curtain of the business, back in 2005. "

" I partied in every capital in Europe, basked on all the famous beaches, and good-timed it in South America, the South Seas, the Orient, and the more palatable portions of Africa. "

Frank Abagnale

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" We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. "

" I've never shied away from hard work. "

" Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person. "

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" It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot. "

" Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer. "

" Robin Leach is a guy who, when he has the time, goes quietly to his house in Connecticut and sits looking into the fire with a good glass of red wine in his hand. And when I wake up in the morning, I wink at myself because I like me - I know who I am. "

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

" Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act. "

" The press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famous you have to put up with this kind of stuff. "

Roberto Cavalli

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" It was never about winning medals or being famous. "

" Even though I am fortunate to have certain luxuries, sometimes, I am even amazed by what people with money have and do. I want to remind people that just because you might be rich and famous, it doesn't mean you have to take yourself too seriously. "

" I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world. "

" I'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy sometimes, or it's just things that I don't necessarily want. I don't really necessarily want to be famous. "

" Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work. "

" No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you. "

" I want to get so famous that I don't have to wake up in the morning. It'll probably never happen. "

" 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.' "

" At first, I thoroughly enjoyed being famous. "

" Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything. "

" I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. "

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" I appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life. "

" I am the most unlikely star in the world. "