Chris Rock Quotes

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.

The only real benefit of being famous is being recognized by head waiters and getting good tables at restaurants. The rest is part ego trip and part inconvenience.

When I go places, I'm very much spotted, but I'm definitely ready for it and the opportunities it's going to bring.

Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything.

I have no sense of being famous - you're just working. And then you'll have a random day in London when you'll do some press and it creeps into your awareness that this goes out - that what you do every day goes out to televisions right across the country.

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.

Being famous is wicked. But it's better to be normal.

It's funny being the big news every day - and the good news every day.

I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.