#fame

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#get #hollywood #i #i think #intrigued

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#buried #dead #fame #flowers #future

Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#autograph #back #being #cigarette #fame

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product. ↗

— Steve Coogan

#fame #famous #i #never #such

Music for me is an emotional thing and it really does make me happy. It's not a tool for me to get fame or see my face in the papers or anything like that. It's about the fact that I really do enjoy it. ↗

— Ville Valo

#anything #does #emotional #emotional thing #enjoy

Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad. ↗

— John Corbett

#bad #bit #bugs #downside #fame

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else. ↗

— Nikki Cox

#anyone #asking #else #fame #famous

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you. ↗

— Gloria Vanderbilt

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All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#certainly #fame #good #home #made