Rishi Kapoor Quotes

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but there's also confusion. It's important to make sure your feet stay on the ground.

I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.

I don't like to think about being an influence. It's embarrassing.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog does not think I'm an icon, my cat does not think I am an icon, my cousin does not think I am an icon.' I have a really lovely group of friends, and I just don't think about it.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

It would have been very impossible to deal with this attention when I was younger. I'm thrilled with the success, but at this point I also think it's hilariously silly.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

I guess I don't take my stardom too seriously. I think I am one of the guys.

We never set out to be superstars.

I had a period when I was sixteen where I started to get a big head. I was going through puberty, and I was nominated for an Academy Award. My head got inflated. My friends were the real ones who said, 'You're acting different.' But the truth is that I don't need that, because I don't get out of hand.

The day I say I'm famous is the day I sound like a fanny.

Fame didn't change me.

I'm a legend now. But I'll keep my feet on the ground.

I stopped a lot of people who wanted to shove me into the real big time. Your ego wants to say, 'Hey, I'm somebody, man,' but I knew there were many days when I just wanted to be John Cale.

I haven't done the things I've done to be in a sitcom.

I'm kind of glad that I was able to properly grow up before becoming a massive movie star.

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

I'm not in a real rush to be a big star.

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

I'm very privileged to be the celebrity I am.

I don't see myself as a famous person.