#stardom

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity. ↗

— Nicolas Cage

#apply #aware #became #best #beyond

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

— Tom Courtenay

#anything #did #i #me #meant

Stardom can be a gilded slavery. ↗

— Helen Hayes

#slavery #stardom

Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#creature #dangerous #delicate #destroyed #empty

What a turnaround in sentiment 'Glee' exemplifies. It was only a few years ago that pursuing the dream of a Broadway career or cabaret stardom relegated some poor yearning dope to a lavender ghetto of losers, self-deluders, and social rejects. ↗

— James Wolcott

#broadway #cabaret #career #dope #dream

We're not in high school anymore and we've had a little more life experiences to help us better understand what were going through in terms of stardom and recognition. ↗

— Jay Hernandez

#better #experiences #going #had #help

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#elizabeth #fame #sat #shoulders #stardom

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

#being #by-product #enough #existing #good

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

— Christine Baranski

#culture #i #our #sad #say

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

#away #back #choices #end #eventually