Fame is often called a deal with the devil. Reality show fame is a really bad deal with the devil.
I have felt many times trapped by 'Star Trek.' It cost me dearly. It won't anymore, because I've come to grips with what it is and where it fits in my life.
Invisibility is the only thing that fame cost me. I used to be able to go places and blend in. Anonymity is something you lose on this side of things.
I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.
Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
Stars were made to suffer, and I am a star.
One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.
I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm forty-five.
I think that having a public career is a bargain with the devil.
God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent.
You can't have it all one way - be on the telly and the radio and make lots of money - and not offer anything to your followers when they need you.
My time is being shared with my fans and the people of the world, while I have got children growing with a lot of days of not seeing their father.
They're hungry for something they know nothing about, but we, we know all too well that the price of fame is the loss of privacy.
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
I knew that people disliked me, and there always will be, but that's the price you pay for being in the limelight, so to speak.
Privacy and security are those things you give up when you show the world what makes you extraordinary.
People say they wish they were Michael Jordan. OK, do it for a year. Do it for two years. Do it for five years. When you get past the fun part, then go do the part where you get into cities at three a.m. and you have fifteen people waiting for autographs when you're as tired as hell.
People tell me they idolise me, want to be like me, but I tell them, 'trust me, you don't want my life.' I've been a very tortured soul.
I almost resent being Charley Moviestar. Yeah, I'm grateful. But it takes me away from my kids.
Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune
I miss a lot of things; that's the price one pays for stardom. I miss standing in queues, buying tickets, and watching films first day first show. It isn't the same going to preview theatres or multiplexes and trying to stay incognito.
I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.
When you're young and you play music, you have a peer group, you come out of a scene. There's a lot of people you know, and then you have some success, and it all goes away.
Every band I've been in, it's just become my total life. I feel like a child star - I've missed out on so much.
I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.
