Today some actors get a little full of themselves about what they're doing.
'EastEnders' changed everything. I was a jobbing actress living in Stepney, and I was on the dole at one point. Then people started to send me scripts, which was always my dream.
No, fame has not changed Wizkid.
With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.
I get letters from women, and they say, 'I love your Roman nose.' If I weren't on TV and I walked past that same woman, she'd go, 'Did you see the beak on that guy?
Nobody's going to say hello to me in the street, really, because there'll be someone a bit more famous coming along the street in a minute. That typifies London, really.
The second time I was there I met Marcel Duchamp, and we immediately fell for each other. Which doesn't mean a thing because I think anybody who met Marcel fell for him.
If you've been on the covers of some magazines and been in a few movies that have been seen by people, for some reason, women seem to be drawn to you.
This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are.
If I saw an ugly bird but she was a celebrity, she wouldn't attract me at all.
This is the great thing about writing for kids. Adults might not do anything if they recognized me. But if they do see me, and they're with a kid, they'll tell the kid who I am. They think they should give that to the kid. So generally that sends the kid over.
I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.
All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I have an unbelievably beautiful, well-known wife. And the people who criticize me don't.
It took me two years to get an appointment with Mr. Suga who cut my hair for the Olympics. Who knew? I had no idea that it would be popular.
Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.
When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.
Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.
In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences.
You know how many times I have to witness the transition from, 'Oh, get away from that thug,' to, 'Oh, wait a minute, that's the guy from 'Weeds'! Hey, can I shake your hand?'
My kids completely understand that I may be on a huge show or in a big movie, but most of the time, they are not terribly impressed.
You think it's so cool to have movie stars in your movie, but they become people.
It made me feel cooler in real life to know I could be The Rock's daughter.
Some writers thrive on the contact with the commerce of success; others are corrupted by it. Perhaps, like losing one's virginity,it is not as bad (or as good) as one feared it was going to be.
We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world.
