Demetri Martin Quotes

And I don't think that success can be measured by how many TV shows you're on.

I don't think fame is that important to me.

I want to be promoted in the urban areas. A lot of African-American people should know more about me.

Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day.

But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy.

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

Fame is not a natural condition for human beings.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

'Celebrity' is sort of an idea. I mean, I get to do something extraordinary, but I don't think it makes me extraordinary. That's my opinion. I like to be an artist; I like to do things that are involved in the arts, but I don't think it makes me more special than a doctor, for example. A doctor is an extraordinary person.

I had a career at home, and I just knew that it'd be okay if nothing happened in Los Angeles.

A man becomes as attractive as an attractive woman when he becomes successful and is publicly noted. Power's an aphrodisiac.

If I wasn't the head of a studio, who would talk to me?

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

He [Marquis de Lafayette] has a canine appetite for popularity and fame.

Men crowd into honorable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame

It's good to be on the power list, but I don't see a practical use of it except when people introduce me to audiences.

I don't care where I sit in terms of hierarchy, box office takings, or any of that stuff.

Fame is a very unnatural human condition.

I don't care about being famous.

When you become a pageant winner, you become a known face. So, winning a pageant helps us in making inroads into the industry.

My success on the road is predicated on my success in Hollywood.

Big names and banners bring a lot of visibility to your work and it creates more opportunities for you.

Coventry was a big part of my career, and I had a great time there.