Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

If the movie is good then great, but if it's not then God, I feel so bad for that person with their face fifty feet tall, all blown up. Some people would be happy with that, that as long as their face was out there they're stoked about it. I'm not like that.

Any actor that's like, 'I hate the fact that I'm getting all of this attention,' is a liar. Especially when it's from the opposite sex.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

If you chase fame, you make bad choices. Being famous isn't interesting.

I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.

I don't think stardom will ever go to my head.

I'm not into fame and ego.

It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.

My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.

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

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

Everyone in a band has a big ego - they love having pictures taken.

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.

Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.

Again, as egotistical as I am, as self-centered as I am, and as much as I love strangers idolizing me, I find it very crass to be self-promoter in a way.

I'm not Tyler Perry. I'm not Dino De Laurentis. I think it's a bit much to put one's name in front of the film. It makes me uncomfortable.

For six months I'd do movies and make it all about me. Then the other six months, it's not about me and it doesn't matter what my hair looks like or what anything looks like.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene.