One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.
Being in the limelight has its minuses.
I grew a very early distaste for fame and glamour because I saw what the spotlight and attention can do to you as a family, so to speak.
I had a very strange career. I mean I went from playing to 150,000 people in 1983/84. Three or four years later I was playing to four people, you know, in Melbourne. I thought - bit strange, you know bit odd, bit erratic.
Fame has always been a downside to acting for me. It gives me the creeps.
Fame gives you everything you never wanted.
When people say I have become a celebrity, I remind them of fame's flip side. For instance, if I want to watch a movie in a cinema, I have to enter through a side exit just before the film begins and leave by the same exit before the credits roll.
If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.
I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.
I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.
It's dangerous to be anybody popular.
There is no good side to celebrity.
I'm living the life I always dreamed of living. From the time I was a youngster I wanted to be a celebrity. It's a great life. The only bad thing is that people are more interested in your personal life than they are in your work and it's freaky
Fame is not just about being able to get out of a limo in Leicester Square, it's about trying to get into your house when there are eight photographers outside. When you think about being famous, you don't think about all that stuff. You think about the glamour.
When your best friend dies, and you're crying on the balcony, and TMZ is taking pictures of somebody comforting you saying, 'Ooooo, scandalous' - that's the worst part of fame.
I like being famous. It can be a bit of a pain but you get free food in restaurants and people send you clothes.
I never thought being famous would be wonderful, but my limited exposure to celebrity has shown me the dark side big-time.
I've never seen the allure of being famous, because I know what that's like. It's part of work.
Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.
People can get certain good things out of fame, but until it killed a princess nobody ever talked about how bad it can be.
Handshaking is friendly until your hands bleed. Confetti looks festive until you’re forced to spit out mouthfuls hurled directly into your face. Applause is wonderful until you can hardly hear yourself speak. A crush of screaming women is flattering until they tear your clothes.
Acting is a hard way to make a living, and there's a kind of dark, somewhat seedy side to the whole aspect of fame and celebrity that's not really something I would want for my child - or want him to want, if that makes any sense.
I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.
