I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power because democracy shapes our lives.
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.
The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that because I was famous he didn't have the same rights as other kids.
My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.
I walk the streets take the train it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh I'm so famous I can't go places because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.'
Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.
I know really really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.
I'm not famous for my back story investigations I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.
I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV I didn't want to be famous I didn't want to be anyone in particular I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags or go out with cute guys from shows or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor.
I think that once you open the door and allow people in on a certain aspect it's very hard to then control how far that ripple effect is. So I think that the person who is known or famous has the ability to decide what they do or don't want to share.
It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.
I never wanted to be the most famous the most beautiful the most extravagant.
No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.
For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.
I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.
I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.
The people I want are very famous and very rich and all I can offer them is a bit of exposure on TV and a bit of cash so it's a miracle we get any guests at all. But we have been very lucky.
Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it by changing it around and using it in some way to give some relevance.
The good thing about L.A. is that there's always someone more famous 100 yards away from me.
I remember when I was an up-and-coming comic how annoyed I would be when the famous guys would show up and just take everyone's spots.
Luckily I think I never really wanted to be famous I just wanted to make movies.
I was obsessed with being rich and famous.
I don't really consider myself to be famous.
I didn't know what to expect from a famous movie star maybe that he'd be sort of stuck-up you know. But not Gary Cooper. He horsed around so much... that I had a hard time painting him.