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Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous.
George Thorogood

Money, Show, Wants

No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after.
Edie Brickell

Great, Alone, Live

I've never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas.
Jeremy Northam

Desire, Actually, Shy

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
Christine Lahti

Work, Good, Great

I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that's pretty cool.
Adam Brody

Age, Cool, Character

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.
Mary Lou Retton

Winners, Dream, Competing

I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.
O. J. Simpson

Life, Fight, She

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.
Ricki Lake

Someone, Weird, Somebody

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.
David McCallum

Life, Money, Nice

But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.
Rachel Griffiths

Freedom, Someone, Playing

I'm officially near-famous. If you've got four year old kids and you've got cable, then you've got no choice but to know who I am. But if you're one of my peers - a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan - you have no idea who I am. I'm only famous if you're four.
Steve Burns

Old, Kids, Choice

I'm terrified of being too famous. What I'm really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it's me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities.
Noomi Rapace

Change, Forget, Different

In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.
Dido Armstrong

Rich, Old, Everyone

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas.
Joan Armatrading

Women, Person, Enough

When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.
Edward Furlong

Life, Different, Why

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.
Adrian Grenier

Making, Looking, Film

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.
Emir Kusturica

Around, Effect, Presence

I don't know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I'll be competing with billions of actors who haven't got false teeth, and who are 25.
Ian Hart

Career, Done, America

I just want to be rich and famous.
Ian Hart

My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
Ian Hart

Work, Good, Someone

We were delighted to have Nigel as a producer. The only problem is that Nigel is so famous that he seems to dominate most interviews without being there.
Stephen Malkmus

Problem, Seems, Producer

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.
Alvin Lee

Work, Nice, Friendly

I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.
Cee Lo Green

Hope, Become, Infamous

I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
Patrick Rothfuss

Cool, Mean, Become

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
Eberhard Weber

Person, Give, Thought

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