“First the movie, the actual playing of the role and trying to deliver what everybody wanted. Then, when the film came out, there was instant fame. I was just a kid from Sweden, I didn't know what was going on.” KnowsTryingFirstsKidsWantedFilmRolesFameInstantSweden Author:Dolph Lundgren
“As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered young, aspiring women writers around the country an example of the possibilities of achieving both fame and economic reward.” CountryYoungProcessRolesSuccessfulEconomicAchieveExamplePossibilityFameEssentialsElementsRewardsGenderDedicatedGender Roles Author:Lydia Sigourney
“I am very picky with my career. I don't need to do it for the money or the fame. I'm very choosy, which is why I haven't played the typical role that people expect to see from someone of my stature and size, as the mean jock or the preppy. It's very easy to see me like that. That's why I go against it in different roles.” PeopleNeedsMeanDifferentEasyCareersRolesHavensFameSizeTypicalStatureJocksPickyPreppyChoosy Author:Kellan Lutz
“I had some great role models along the way. My on-field heroes were the great Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Willie Mays. I wanted to be like them on the field, and I am so damn proud to join them in the Hall of Fame.” WayWantedRolesFieldsProudHeroFameModelsDamnHallsRole ModelsHall Of FameGreat Role Models Author:Allan Ray
“Because the role-model pressure becomes so insane, the personal and private takes a backseat to whatever it takes to maintain that fame and to maintain that lifestyle, and before you know it you're not a human being anymore.” KnowsHumansHuman BeingsRolesFameModelsPressureLifestyleInsaneRole ModelsWhatever It TakesBackseat Author:Amber Tamblyn
“I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer.” SaidWholeFactsShowsActingCareersRolesTvsFameOriginalsSingersComedianLos AngelesTv ShowsThey Said Author:Christian Kane
“The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.” FirstsShowsActingRolesTalentFameDancingSingers Author:Christian Kane
“There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.” EasyRolesFameModelsGloryRole ModelsAspireMediocreEntertainers Author:Carmen Ejogo
“Kim Kardashian is a kind of archetype. But she owns her beauty and is tremendously successful. There's no tragedy, there's no drug story. There's just her and her fame and her beauty. But Anna Nicole created that template of somebody that you'd want to watch on reality TV. Somebody that you'd want to invite into your home or as a role model, in terms of beauty and lifestyle and glamour.” WantKindStoriesHomeRealityTermRolesWatchesSuccessfulTvsDrugFameModelsTragedyLifestyleRole ModelsInvitesGlamourAnnaKimReality TvArchetypeHer BeautyNicole Author:Margaret Cho
“I feel a responsibility to myself and my parents and the people whose love has gotten me this far - people who were in my life before fame. That's where I get my sense of self. It's deadly for anyone to take on that role of a deity; it's not sustainable. I've got tons of flaws. Call my mother - she'll tell you! She keeps it real. Sometimes you don't want to hear the truth; she'll tell it to you out of love.” PeopleWantFeelsRealSelfSometimesMotherParentResponsibilityRolesFameFlawsDeitiesSense Of SelfKeeping It Real Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“A lot of times we expect people who get money and fame to suddenly become this "role model" or this "icon." That ain't how it works. Money and fame - all it does it just allows you to be more of who you really are.” PeopleDoeRolesFameModelsRole ModelsIconsGet MoneyMoney And Fame Author:Steve Harvey
“Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.” WayHelpingCertainRolesFame Author:Mia Wasikowska
“I want to be someone capable of seeing the unseen faces, of seeing those who do not seek fame or glory, who silently fulfil the role life has given them. I want to be able to do this because the most important things, those that shape our existence, are precisely the ones that never show their faces.” WantImportantShowsAbleFacesGivenExistenceRolesSeeingShapesFameCapableGloryImportant ThingsUnseen Author:Paulo Coelho