“We're so screwed up with our principles. We used to mock Japanese game shows where they ate bugs. Now we're doing the same, if not worse. It's terrifying... It seems the better the quality, the more you're penalised... There are some very good people in television, but a lot of fools running it. They put fame ahead of talent and think someone from 'EastEnders' will put bums on seats.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingShowsSeemsRunningUsedGamesQualityPrinciplesTalentTelevisionFoolFameVery GoodSeatsGood PeopleBugsMockScrewed UpGame Shows Author:Philip Glenister
“I don't think I'll ever get used to the pressures of fame. I have two-pointsomething million followers on Twitter, and if I say something, they all listen. It's crazy! I shouldn't be allowed that responsibility.” IfsThinkingTwoUsedResponsibilityMillionsCrazyFamePressureFollowersFollowers On Twitter Author:Josh Hutcherson
“New Zealand is not used to wealth. In America wealth is kind of a thing of pride. Here it's the opposite. The more you've got, the bigger the target you are.” KindAmericaUsedWealthPrideFameOppositesBiggerTargetNew Zealand Author:Peter Jackson
“Like every poor person, I used to dream about winning the lottery. I didn't just get money, though. I got fame. And I got fame before I got money, and it was scary.” PersonsDreamUsedWinningPoorFameScaryLotteryGet MoneyWinning The Lottery Author:Amber Rose
“There used to be a huge snobbism between the film industry and the television industry. I produced and acted in my first - well way back - but the first thing that I produced and acted in was Sarah, Plan and Tall. And the only place to go at the time for really quality television was Hallmark Hall of Fame. And think how much television has changed since then.” ThinkingWayFirstsWellsFilmUsedQualityPlansChangedTelevisionHugeIndustryFameUsed To BeHallsTallHallmarkFilm IndustryHall Of FamePlaces To GoTelevision Industry Author:Glenn Close
“After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.” LongSchoolUsedLiteratureFameFellowsBob Author:Kin Hubbard
“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
“I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.” WorldI CanDoneUsedCan DoHalfFameGood In The World Author:Alicia Keys
“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
“I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.” ThinkingUsedPeriodsFameAspectMy FamilyExciting Author:Kate Upton
“But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.” UsedPurposeFunInspiringFameToolsPurpose Of LifeOfferingContributing Author:Alanis Morissette
“I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.” UsedNamesClearFameAccomplishBitesNailsRosters Author:Dorothy Parker
“The measure of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.” MenShouldMeanUsedPowerMoralityFameAcquireGreat Men Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.” PeopleHas BeensSelfMotivationalUsedJoyCan DoPowerfulPovertyRight NowFameToolsAvailableRichesFulfillmentFrustrationUnhappinessObscurityRagsSelf FulfillmentRags To RichesSupercomputers Author:Brian Tracy
“I had a stalker while filming a movie in Spain last year. She stood outside my apartment every day for weeks – all day, every day. I was so bored and lonely that I went out and had dinner with [her]. I just complained about everything in my life and she never came back.” YearsLastsUsedWeekFameLonelyDinnerBoredLast YearApartmentSpainSo Bored Author:Robert Pattinson
“I read some gossip thing saying, because I looked really uncomfortable in a paparazzi photo or something, they're like, 'He should get used to it. That's the price to pay if you're getting $12m a movie'. If I'm getting paid $12m a movie I'd walk around naked. That's all nonsense. I don't know who makes that stuff up. Even the price for the first one was nonsense.” IfsKnowsShouldFirstsUsedStuffWalksPayFamePaidNakedUncomfortableNonsenseGossipPaparazzi Author:Robert Pattinson
“I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.” FactsKidsUsedWalksCitiesFameBenefitsTrainHopsComparisonComplaintsListening To MusicManhattanDowntownHeadphones Author:J. Cole