#famous

I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#arrives #believed #both #coming #either

I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize. ↗

— Danny Strong

#i #i think #just #know #lot

I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid. ↗

— Seth Green

#any #between #biggest #biggest difference #difference

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

— Rachel Griffiths

#freedom #had #i #just #lot

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads. ↗

— John Grisham

#beneath #big #big picture #book #card

At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#english #english language #famous #great #james

It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers. ↗

— Don Henley

#breakup #careers #famous #frightening #groups

You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#carlton #debate #even #famous #four

After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster. ↗

— Nicholas Hoult

#became #bit #disaster #famous #i

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done. ↗

— Mickey Gilley

#being #done #famous #get #got