Celebrity Quotes

A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. (Fred Allen)
A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services. View quote
Daniel J. Boorstin
The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness. View quote
Daniel J. Boorstin
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. View quote
John Updike
It's not like I'm hanging out at shopping malls or going to celebrity golf tournaments. I'm so in my own little world. I got my dog, my music, my brother, a couple of friends. View quote
Jared Leto
The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault. View quote
Henry Kissinger
I'm not a celebrity. I don't call myself a celebrity. I'm an actor. View quote
Sophia Bush
Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his over animation. One can either see or be seen. View quote
John Updike
A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair. View quote
Steve Martin
I know I live a charmed, beautiful life and nobody wants to hear a celebrity whine. The last thing I want to do is complain; I love what I do and I know every job comes with a downside. View quote
Jennifer Garner
Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. (Emily Dickinson)
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. View quote
Lord Byron
Celebrity culture has gone crazy, and I think the reason is that real news is just not bearable, and it also seems impossible to change anything. View quote
Chris Martin
I don't think it should be allowed for people to start working at a young age and not take the time to just be living as themselves in the real world, especially now in this new age of new media and the obsession with celebrity. I think it's a real crime. View quote
Gaby Hoffmann
Celebrity is intoxicating. View quote
Chris Pratt
Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds? View quote
Camryn Manheim
The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parties. It's just not my thing. View quote
Alanis Morissette
I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India.... People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things. View quote
Sania Mirza
I had an epiphany a few years ago when I was out at a celebrity party and it suddenly dawned on me that I had yet to meet a celebrity who is as smart and interesting as any of my friends. View quote
Moby
It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity. View quote
Ben Kingsley
The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a wig. The wheelchair gives me away. (Stephen Hawking)
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver. View quote
Philip Roth
Viewers have a way of remembering the celebrity while forgetting the product. I did not know this when I paid Eleanor Roosevelt $35,000 to make a commercial for margarine. She reported that her mail was equally divided. "One half was sad because I had damaged my reputation. The other half was happy because I had damaged my reputation." View quote
David Ogilvy
I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest. View quote
Roger Ebert
A celebrity now is someone who's on the telly. View quote
Kate Moss