Quotes of Stardom - somelinesforyou

“ I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. ”

- Robert Frost

“ Stardom is becoming, superstardom is being. ”

- Unknown

“ Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. ”

- Ani DiFranco

“ Stardom is no longer the fuel of my soul. It is the deeper aspects of life that nurture me. And I realise I am very blessed. ”

- Sharon Stone

“ Once I achieved stardom, the whole apparatus of the theater palled on me. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ There is a price for stardom, and, unfortunately, one's family shares in the payment. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ The superstar is. He does not create media events; he is in and of himself a media event. ”

- Unknown

“ Remember that stardom is more than ability or will, although will is a large part of it. ”

- Harold Brodkey

“ Stardom is a strange mixture of studio-produced hagiography, fan magazine gossip, and audience desire. ”

- Unknown

“ Being at the center of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence — the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation. ”

- Daniel Day Lewis

“ The stars are the apexes of what triangles! ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed. ”

- Dustin Hoffman

“ It's nice to be a part of history but people should get it right. I may not be perfect, but I'm bloody close. ”

- John Lydon Rotten

“ I am big. It's the pictures that got small. ”

- Gloria Swanson

“ I sniffed stardom. But my nose betrayed me. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ If any young actor dreams that stardom is a trip to heaven, while packing his bags, he'd do well to choose his wardrobe with a much hotter climate in mind. ”

- Helen Hayes

“ Stardom is just an uneasy seat on top of a tricky toboggan. ”

- Fredric March

“ The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team. ”

- John Wooden

“ You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star, you don't bother with other things. ”

- Marilyn Horne

“ There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol. ”

- Joseph Addison

“ No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard. ”

- Robert Frost

“ He, whose face gives no light, shall never become a star. ”

- Sir William Blake

“ God makes stars. I just produce them. ”

- Samuel Goldwyn

“ I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity. ”

- Tallulah Bankhead

“ Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident. ”

- Lauren Bacall

“ You're not a star until they can spell your name in Karachi. ”

- Humphrey Bogart

“ Stardom is difficult. It is a lonely, alienated position. You sometimes put yourself on a different plane than everyone else. That causes problems. ”

- Lisa Marie Presley

“ Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby. ”

- Lee Marvin

“ I don't consider stardom to be anything related with me. I hope that the only way this business will ever change me will be a good life. ”

- Jennifer Love Hewitt

“ Do we really want to know how Michael Jackson makes his music? No. We want to understand why he needs the bones of the Elephant Man — and, until he tells us, it doesn't make too much difference whether or not he really is "bad.". ”

- Frank Zappa
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