The fact that my 15 minutes of fame has extended a little longer than 15 minutes is somewhat surprising to me and completely baffling to my wife.

The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

I was raised by strong women, and that DNA is in my daughter and wife.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.

I was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows.

This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn’t want them to lose friends. He is his family’s hero.

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.

My wife used to be an anchorwoman in Arizona, so she knew John McCain, and she liked him, and I kinda liked him.

The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.

I seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that’s it, and somebody else come in.

I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing.

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

I don’t think I could think of a single thing that’s more isolating than being famous.

The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don’t meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it’s essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you’re going to be an actor.

Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

We’re constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.

I was an overnight sensation.

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it’s their fault.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

My father used to wear the same pants for like a week.

Sometimes I’m fascinated with how famous my work could be while I’m not so famous.

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest.

I’m not a star. I don’t feel I’m so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you’ve got my signature on a piece of paper?

I’ve never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don’t run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi.

I get really restless when I haven’t worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.

I don’t have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don’t know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don’t know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don’t think you need all that stuff.

‚Fame‘ exhausts me.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.

Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense… I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when ‚Jolene‘ was a big hit.

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.

Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Fame may go by and – so long, I’ve had you.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

My wife has about everything I can think of.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can’t not be what everyone says I am. But I don’t feel like an icon.

That is what fame is, isn’t it? To get the world to fall in love with you.

I always like to create things that get attention. It used to be a problem when I wasn’t famous. Now, I can do whatever I want and people have to accept it.

There was my name up in lights. I said, ‚God, somebody’s made a mistake.‘ But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, ‚Remember, you’re not a star.‘ Yet there it was up in lights.

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life.

I’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.

I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

I knew no one who’d ever been in the public eye.

I’ve been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.