Marianne Faithfull Quotes

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.

I met so many people after I got rich and famous, and I learned that you can't ultimately trust people unless they were your friends when you were broke.

Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.

Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level.

You don't get recognized that much unless you want to get recognized, like if you go to the fancy joints and that. It's like, L.A. - there are 10 restaurants. If you want to be seen, you go.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

I'm busier than ever and it's led to new opportunities. But I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.

Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered in July, so that I could go and meet people that I wanted to meet: the writers and the directors and the people that are doing things.

I don't date celebrities.

When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people.

The rich make you famous; the poor make you a hero.

A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest.

By no means do I try to go out and hang out with famous people.

Of course the rich and famous tend to have more going on in their lives than ordinary people, but they aren't always willing to tell the interesting bits.

'House' has opened a lot of doors for me. I've met a whole bunch of people and got a whole new bunch of contacts. I've got the golden ticket.

You can't become a CEO without working hard and delivering results, but that will only take you so far. Building and leveraging strong relationships with mentors and sponsors will take you the rest of the way.

People need to be in charge of their development plan. They need to seek out their sponsors and their mentors and be very strategic.

Mumbai is a spider web. You do a film and make 10 connections and do something else and make 10 more connections. You keep moving like that.

Being a billionaire is sort of passe.

When you are constantly around other professionals, you end up learning and growing.

You might need a little more nuance in personal relationships. Climbing the work ladder is different from climbing the social ladder.

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

You've got to be nice to people when you're on your way up, because you never know who you are going to meet on the way down.

Look at an interview as an organic part of building a relationship.