“I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.” FeltRocksFameFoundationLaysHallsRock And RollOverlookedHall Of Fame Book:Little Miss Dynamite: the life and times of Brenda Lee Source: Little Miss Dynamite: the life and times of Brenda Lee
“At first all I wanted to be was famous; then I realized that fame had nothing to do with talent. I felt that I didn't do anything quite well enough, that I was one of those people who was famous but not very talented. So I said, okay, I'll be the Dinah Shore of the Seventies, on TV all the time but nobody quite knows why.” PeopleKnowsFirstsWellsSaidEnoughWantedFeltTalentTvsFameOkayI RealizedShoreSeventies Author:Cher
“Fame has no necessary conjunction with praise; it may exist without the breath of a word: it is a recognition of excellence which must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even the envious must feel it: feel it, and hate in silence.” NeedsFeelsMayHateFeltSilenceFamePraiseBreathsExcellenceRecognitionEnviousConjunctions Author:Washington Allston
“It's very hard, when you're a famous person, to "de-famous" your home, but tokens of my fame just felt like a burden for my children. And for me.” ChildrenPersonsHardHomeFeltFameBurdenMy ChildrenTokens Author:Jamie Lee Curtis
“I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was an exceptional magnet for me to want to explore the theater. I can only assume that 'Smash' is doing that for anyone who is halfway interested in theater already.” KnowsWantI CanFeltKnow HowGrowing UpSawsGrowingTelevisionFameTheaterAssumingExceptionalHalfwayMagnet Author:Brian d'Arcy James
“I try to keep my feet on the ground. Even though I appreciate the fame and adoration, I remember once I used to pick cotton, and I felt like even then I was somebody. I have the same feet, hands and heart like everyone else. I'm just also blessed with a good voice.” TryingHeartHandsRememberUsedFeltVoiceFeetFamePicksAppreciateBlessedAdorationCottonFeet On The Ground Author:Charley Pride
“It never really felt like I had a lot of substance in my life. I had broken up with my former husband (Ron Samuels) and I kind of looked around. I didn't have a lot of friends. I had become isolated by fame. I longed for a family and some substantive relationships. Fame is a vapor. You can't grab hold of it.” KindFeltBrokenFameHusbandFormerSubstanceIsolatedLots Of FriendsBroken UpVapor Author:Lynda Carter
“I left for the same reasons everyone leaves jobs that are no longer fulfilling their hopes and aspirations. I didn't see myself spending the rest of my life being a strummer for someone else's dreams. Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bullshit and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.” ReasonDreamJobsOpportunityLeftFeltDecisionMillionsCreativeRegretNeededFameOppositesMirrorsSpendingAspirationBullshitFulfilling Author:Mark Knopfler
“When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.” PeopleIfsWellsUsedNamesFeltFameMovedMoved OnWigsI Moved On Author:Joni Mitchell
“Its funny because when I did feel like I came out and I just felt like I was being truthful to myself, (it was at) that point I became very successful. So you know, it took a true kind of facing that truth of myself and being honest, that was when the real kind of fame or whatever that kind of stuff happened for me.” KnowsFeelsKindRealFeltStuffSuccessfulHappenedHonestFameBeing HonestTruthfulBeing Truthful Author:Margaret Cho
“I do think fame can distort reality. I've always felt that.” ThinkingRealityFeltFame Author:Suzi Quatro
“I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and adulation and she actually loved Dickens essentially for who he was. So I think he felt like she was someone he could be himself with.” ThinkingFeltSawsFameIntrovertDickensExtrovertsAdulation Author:Felicity Jones
“I wanted to. I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled. Thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.” HardFeltEnjoyFameTemptationThanksEntitledMoney And Fame Author:Tiger Woods
“As for fame, fame felt like nothing. Fame was not a sensation like love or hunger or loneliness, welling from within and invisible to the outside eye. It was rather entirely external, coming from the minds of others. It existed in the way people looked at him or behaved towards him. In that, being famous was no different from being gay, or Jewish, or from a visible minority: you are who you are, and then people project onto you some notion they have.” PeopleWayMindDifferentEyeFeltLonelinessGayFameProjectsWho You AreNotionHungerInvisibleVisibleMinoritiesSensationsLike LoveBeing GayBeing Famous Book:Beatrice & Virgil Source: Beatrice & Virgil
“Once asked if he felt wearied by the constant onslaught of autograph seekers, actor Gregory Peck replied that he would be more worried when they stopped asking.” IfsWould BeActorsFeltFameAskingConstantReputationWorriedSeekersAutographs Author:Christopher Lee