Babe Didrikson Zaharias Quotes

I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.

I've seen many of my contemporaries become superstars, and the way fame and fortune starts to really affect the way they treat other people, and I think it's ugly.

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

There's only one prima donna in my pictures, and that's me!

I'm the 'Showstoppa', the Main Event, the icon!

It feels great to be given a protagonist role.

I need to be highlighted. I need to be the main attraction of entertainment.

It's easy to get swept up in the trappings of that sort of lifestyle, but I've been doing it for long enough that I know how easy it is to fall victim to that sort of arrogance and cockiness that celebrity culture can bring about, in young men especially.

Obviously getting to work with me is a huge pull, I know there's a lot of big A-listers out there desperate to get screentime with me.

I'm gonna be always the main event.

A lot of people in Hollywood are on that ego trip. They think they're more than somebody else. I've told a lot of stars in my career, 'Hey, man you're looking down on the people who made you. lf you keep doing that, you're gonna fall back down.'

No matter how old he is, or what kind of shape he's in, Hogan believes in his heart that he is the star of the show, and he is wrestling. I don't think he gives a damn about anyone else.

After Stand By Me came out, people were telling me, 'You're so good,' 'You're going to be a star,' and things like that. You can't think about it. If you take it the wrong way, you can really get high on yourself. People get so lost when that happens to them. They may think they have everything under control, but everything is really out of control. Their lives are totally in pieces.

The center of the stage is where I am.

When you begin to believe you have license because you are a special person breathing special oxygen, that's when you're in big trouble. That's the road to insanity. And a lot of people in the studios are like that. They believe that they are special. I do think actors are blessed, or cursed, with maybe a slightly heightened awareness, which you have to use.

I mean, it's so normal for everybody to have a huge ego, it's great. It's great. Otherwise, everybody would act like Bono, you know, really big.

If I tried to flirt with a woman and she didn't know who I was, she would run away.

In modeling, because you're the center of attention, it builds up people's egos. Sometimes people lose touch with reality. But that happens with acting, too.

Some people change when they think they're a star or something.

It was kind of fun being the headliners.

I think maybe Mr. Sinise and Mr. Bacon have slightly bigger egos than I do.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.