Rebecca De Mornay Quotes

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.

The hardest part of fame and success is adapting to the people around you that's changing. It changes the way people look at you from how they used to look at you. They listen to you on the radio, they look at you on TV and when people speak on you in a good light, you have a couple people who hold grudges.

I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music.

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

Since becoming a global star, if I may say so, I feel six feet tall.

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

When we did 'The Office,' no one knew who we were, so it was easy to champion us; you could own us. Once you become successful, people don't have that any more, so it becomes more polarised. Some people want to champion you, and others want to slag you off. It doesn't concern me.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

I think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make.

I have the stardom glow.

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

Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.

People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.

I will never get to Lady Gaga's status. That's not something I want.

I've gained fans, fame, fortune, but I don't feel different. Am I supposed to?

If you live for fame, men may turn against you.

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.

If you get 'hot,' everyone's nice to you.