A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
Chet Atkins

Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made.
Matt Damon

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
Tallulah Bankhead

I have the stardom glow.
Jennifer Lopez

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.
Morgan Freeman

I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.
Tom Courtenay

I really don't have that much interest in stardom.
Tom Verlaine

I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.
Julie Christie

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.
Brenda Blethyn

I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.
Christine Baranski

In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.
Courtney Love

It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
Bela Lugosi

Rock stardom and all that stuff like that was never like my main M.O., my main M.O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great!
Kip Winger

Stardom can be a gilded slavery.
Helen Hayes

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
Natalie Wood

Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident.
Lauren Bacall

The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
Jessica Savitch

The kids like to get pictures of me for their parents. They know how proud I am of them-they have a lot more to worry about than my stardom. They are trying to make good choices for their own lives, but this gives them a little fun. They are part of my family.
Mark Goddard

The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
John Wooden

The stardom thing happened and now I'm trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.
Leif Garrett