Perry Como Quotes

There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.

I love making music and all that, but at the end of the day I don't think that's what people are going to remember about a person.

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

It's a weird thing. Rick Springfield wrote 'Jessie's Girl,' and he probably gets sick of talking about 'Jessie's Girl.' The thing is, I didn't write 'Blurred Lines.' I didn't direct the music video. I'm really happy for the success, but it is kind of a funny thing to follow me around.

Hopefully, by the second or the third film, who my father is won't be a story anyone's interested in. They'll either like the films or they won't, and if they don't like them, I won't be making them any more.

I am only interested in being famous for my dancing. For me, the concept of the sacred monster is only about the stage - it is not about image.

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect.

These days, there are many people around the world who listen to the songs that made me infamous and read the books that made me respectable.

It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.

The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death.

I think being on 'Glee' is such a great experience, but I think the best part was when I did 'All By Myself', because I love that song.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

I want people to know me through the movies I do. I want to be judged on that. If you start becoming famous for your personal life, that's when your career goes away.

You want to be appreciated for all your work as opposed to one performance, but I'll always be 'that bloke from 'Lock, Stock'.' You've got to embrace it.

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.