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" There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold. "

Matt Damon

Think

Famous

Know

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" 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. "

" In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous. "

" Some people collect stamps, other people like to be famous. I don't have that hobby. "

Manoj Bhargava

People

Hobby

" The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are. "

" I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is. "

" Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous. "

" The dead play a very prominent part in the experience of the wanderer abroad. The houses in which they were born, the tombs in which they lie, the localities they made famous by their good or evil deeds, and the works their genius left behind them are necessarily the chief shrines of his pilgrimage. "

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Experience

Good

Lie

" Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. "

" When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins. "

" When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me. "

" My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor. "

" 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. "

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

" I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect. "

" My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated. "

" People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous. "

" Super-envious of the fact that Daft Punk can wear robot helmets and be one of the most famous bands in the world, while also understanding that will never be my situation. "

Frank Ocean

" I'm not trying to be famous, I'm not trying to be the next whatever. I'm just trying to be someone that contributes positivity with my talent. "

Letitia Wright

" I've never been one for crushing on famous people. "

" We played at a festival in Mexico City, at the same time as another famous artist, and I reckon we had 55,000 people watching New Order; the other had 7,000. I think from that I've discovered the secret of success in the music industry: don't do any promotion. "

" The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. "

" I don't know if any famous people follow me, but their daughters definitely do. "

Lucky Blue Smith

Know

" I never thought I was going to be popular; I never thought I was going to be famous. "

" Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation. "

" Most of what Hawaii has to offer is no secret. Pipeline is probably the most famous wave in the world. "

" Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out. "

Vincent Schiavelli

Face

Famous

" I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives. "

" I'm actually a very private person. Sometimes I'm in denial that I'm really famous. "