Line #48 Quotes/CelebrityIsOverrated


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3	[[folder:Quotes by celebrities]]
4	->''"It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich."''
5	-->-- '''Creator/AlanAlda'''
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7	->''"I hope everybody could get rich and famous and will have everything they ever dreamed of, so they will know that it's not the answer."''
8	-->-- '''Creator/JimCarrey'''
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10	->''"You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous."''
11	-->-- '''Creator/DaveChappelle''', on ''Series/InsideTheActorsStudio''
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13	->''"I asked to be successful. I never asked to be famous."''
14	-->-- '''Music/GeorgeHarrison'''
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16	->''"It's like jumping into a pool full of sharks."''
17	-->-- '''Creator/SimonPegg''', about fame
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19	->''"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."''
20	-->-- '''Creator/MarloThomas'''
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22	->''"Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing."''
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24	->''"There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type."''
25	-->-- '''Creator/NatalieWood'''
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27	->''"Fame, in the end, is getting off your parking fine because the attendant wants your photograph, and fame is being interrupted when you're eating by a fifty-year-old American lady with a ponytail. The four of us are known to almost everybody in the world, but we don't feel that famous."''
28	-->-- '''Music/PaulMcCartney'''
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31	[[folder:Quotes from fiction (music)]]
32	->''Somewhere in some secluded castle''\
33	Poor Creator/TomCruise sits staring at the wall''\
34	And the outside world is always such a hassle''\
35	Sometimes he won't go out, at all''\
36	There are millions who know his name, everybody loves him''\
37	Why is it, that he feels so alone?''\
38	Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise Crazy''\
39	Just be glad it's him, not you''\
40	If you had Tom Cruise's troubles''\
41	You might be Tom Cruise Crazy too''\
42	You'd flash your big white shiny smile; you'd buy expensive shoes''\
43	But you'd be the only man on Earth''\
44	Who couldn't enjoy Tom Cruise!''
45	-->-- '''Music/JonathanCoulton''', "Tom Cruise Crazy"
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47	->''And now the tabloids use your face''\
48	''To document your fall from grace''\
49	''And they tell you that that's just the way it goes...''\
50	''Just the way it goes...''
51	-->-- '''Music/JustJack''', "Starz in their eyes"
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53	->''Living on a lighted stage''\
54	''Approaches the unreal''\
55	''For those who think and feel''\
56	''In touch with some reality''\
57	''Beyond the gilded cage''\
58	''Cast in this unlikely role''\
59	''Ill-equipped to act''\
60	''With insufficient tact''\
61	''One must put up barriers''\
62	''To keep oneself intact.''
63	-->-- '''Music/{{Rush\|Band}}''', "Limelight"
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65	->''All eyes on me, I'm the hot, hot issue, issue''\
66	''A-all I hear is just "I, I miss you, miss you"''\
67	''Just another day, day''\
68	''I don't want that blah blah blah''\
69	''But I'm okay, I'm okay''\
70	''I got used to it''
71	-->-- '''Music/{{Momoland}}''', "Thumbs Up" (English version)
72
73	->''Facing twenty thousand of your friends''\
74	''How can anyone feel so lonely?''
75	-->-- '''Music/{{ABBA}}''', "Super Trouper"
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77	->''So goodbye, yellow brick road,''
78	->''Where the dogs of society howl.''
79	->''You can't plant me in your penthouse,''
80	->''I'm going back to my plough.''
81	->''Back to the howling old owl in the woods,''
82	->''Hunting the horny back toad.''
83	->''Oh, I've finally decided my future lies''
84	->''Beyond the yellow brick road.''
85	-->-- '''Music/EltonJohn''', "Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road"
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87	->''And they say, "She's so lucky, she's a star"''\
88	''But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking''\
89	''"If there's nothing missing in my life''\
90	''Then why do these tears come at night?"''
91	-->-- '''tiLLie''', "luckie"
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94	[[folder:Quotes from fiction (other)]]
95	->''"Pandemonium ensued when pop star Callie was spotted at the airport by fans after wrapping up filming for her new upcoming TV drama in New Sardine. She smiled through it all, but it's clear to this reporter that the pressure of fame is getting to her."''
96	-->-- '''Sunken Scroll 21''', ''VideoGame/Splatoon2''
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98	->''"You're just gonna get older, and harder, and more alone. And you're gonna do everything you can to fill that hole with friends, and your career, and meaningless sex, but the hole doesn't get filled. And one day, you're gonna look around, and you're gonna realize that everybody loves you! But nobody ''likes'' you. And that is the loneliest feeling in the world."''
99	-->-- '''[=BoJack=]''', ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman''
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101	->''"What of fame?''\
102	''Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name''\
103	''And never again, are you alone.."''
104	-->-- '''Music/TupacShakur''', "What of Fame?" (poem)
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106	->''"Oh NOW you love me. NOW you love Macho Man. Well it's too late...'' ''[[AesopAmnesia MAYBE NOT!]]"''
107	-->-- '''Super Macho Man''', ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' ''Wii''
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109	->''"Truth be told, Kevin. Given the choice, I’d rather have my secret identity back."''
110	-->-- '''Ben''', upon being accused of [[AcquiredSituationalNarcissism letting his fame go to his head]], WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien
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112	->'''Mary Jane:''' Peter, you're like a rock star.
113	->'''Peter Parker:''' Yeah, just like a rock star. Except for the money, fame and everything else good that comes with that kinda thing.
114	-->-- ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''
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116	->'''Callie''': But why would you want to leave all that fame, Mr. Presley? All that money?\
117	'''Music/ElvisPresley''': I don't know. 'Cause they got old. The woman I loved - Priscilla - she was gone. The rest of the women... were just women. I mean the music wasn't even mine anymore. I wasn't even me anymore. Just this thing they made up. And my friends... well they were sucking me dry.
118	-->-- ''Film/BubbaHoTep''
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120	->''"Being popular isn't so great. Or so I've read in books."''
121	-->-- '''Xander''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
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123	->'''Ford:''' If you ever become a paranormal researcher like me, don't advertise yourself as much as I did. Nothing good comes of it.\
124	'''Dipper:''' I hear you. That's why I'm gonna move to a desert island when I retire.\
125	'''Ford:''' Good plan, good plan.
126	-->-- ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular: Blue Alert'', "Before Breakfast"
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128	->''"...in [[DramaticIrony this family]], being a good person and a loyal friend is more important than being famous. Fame is fleeting. It's hollow. It means nothing at all without a virtuous heart."''
129	-->-- '''Robert Kardashian''', ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory: Series/ThePeopleVOJSimpson''
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131	->''"You know the fame isn't real."''
132	-->-- '''Anna''', ''Film/NottingHill''
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134	->''Isn't that what fame is, anyway? Being slaves to little people? [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten My slave name was the Crapper.]] My slave job is to crap and make millions of little people happy.''
135	-->-- '''Gerald Faust''', ''Reality Boy''
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137	->''"I thought being famous was gonna be fun. I was loved for a minute, then I was hated. Then I was just a punchline. It was like being abused all over again, only this time, it was by you. All of you. You're all my attackers, too."''
138	-->-- '''UsefulNotes/TonyaHarding''' (Creator/MargotRobbie) to the audience, ''Film/ITonya''
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