“I drank the Kool-Aid of being a network star. Once it didn't happen, I realized it wasn't the best version of my comedy.” HappensStarsComedyAidsI RealizedVersionsDrankKool Aid Author:Mike Birbiglia
“I realized sometime in the early '80s that if I didn't do something - like planning for the future in a way, a kind of pension or something - that if I didn't do something there and then, I was going to be condemned to forever present my three years as a pop star, condensed, as a stage act for the rest of my life. Because that's normally what happens to people in the pop business.” PeopleIfsWayYearsKindHappensThreeStarsForeverStagePopsI RealizedPlanningThree Years80sFuture PlansPensionPop Stars Author:Nick Lowe
“When I was young, I wanted to be a movie star. But I realized that you have no control being an actor. So I went to architecture school in NYC, because I was crazy about buildings. Then I began to realize that I got more excited about Vogue coming out each month than I was about my projects.” WantedSchoolYoungActorsStarsRealizingCrazyBuildingMonthsProjectsExcitedArchitectureI RealizedComing OutMovie StarVogueNycEach MonthArchitecture School Author:Tom Ford
“Doing my first movie, I realized I could get into real bad habits. If you're the star, all you have to do is show up, and 20 people say, 'Do you want anything? What is it? Let me get it for you.' Believe me, you get spoiled very quickly. I saw some of my contemporaries allow themselves to have that fame, thinking they could handle it. It messed them up.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsBelieveRealShowsStarsSawsHabitFameLet MeI RealizedHandleBelieve In MeSpoiledBad Habits Author:Val Kilmer