I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
A. R. Rahman
I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don't have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to any actor and greet him, irrespective of what kind of equation I share with him.
Abhishek Bachchan
I grew up in Chennai and was very much influenced by Rajinikant's stardom and importance of cinema in Tamil culture.
Abhishek Banerjee
To be honest, unless you rocket straight to stardom as a gorgeous young vampire, you can spend a lot of time working behind a bar.
Adam Rayner
Well, obviously I'm not Mark Wahlberg - I have much better abs and I look much better in a pair of Calvin Kleins but when I saw Mark Wahlberg interacting with the world, I realised that his stardom was sort of a result of the movies he had done and the publicity that he had got and the work that he did.
Adrian Grenier
I don't think about stardom anymore. I'm way past that phase.
Akkineni Nagarjuna
You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.
Al Jourgensen
When I'm introduced at invited lectures at other universities, the students place a Bobo doll by the lectern. From time to time, I have been asked to autograph one. The Bobo doll has achieved stardom in psychological circles.
Albert Bandura
I don't think stardom will ever go to my head.
Ali Fazal
Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'
Ani DiFranco
I don't want this big stardom thing. I just want a good script.
Annette O'Toole
I don't believe in stardom or in the number game. What I concentrate more is on my work and how I can improve my character.
Anushka Shetty
It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.
ASAP Rocky
The release of my first film was a very memorable event in my life. It was stardom overnight. There was a very big premiere.
Asha Parekh
I still remember most people in the industry warning me that I was not playing the stardom game and that I was becoming niche because these content films don't do big numbers.
Ayushmann Khurrana
I don't wish stardom on anyone. When I hear people say, 'this guy's a star,' I always say, 'good luck.'
B. J. Armstrong
Shah Rukh Khan's stardom always inspires me. His sensibilities, way of life and the way he does business, I love him for that.
Badshah
My music comes before my stardom, so the pressure of handling fame does not matter.
I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.
Barbra Streisand
It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.
Bela Lugosi
I've been in training for stardom.
I never feel insecure about my career because I believed that in some way or other, good things come to you. This might be the only reason that I never take pride in stardom or a celebrity status.
I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.
I'm definitely happy with the progression of my career. I'm glad I didn't jump to stardom immediately, because I get to enjoy the ride and the chase. Because nothing came easy, I really appreciate it when I book roles.
There's just so many great artists out there, but I think growing up, J. Cole has been the guy that I've always been listening to, even in college. Going from that struggle to stardom, that rise to stardom, 'Dolla and a Dream,' all that stuff - I've listened to all his classics, all the old J. Cole stuff.
The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.
I'm not in this for superstardom. I do it purely for the love of the sport. I just love fighting.
My goal has always been to make a living and to have the respect of my peers. It's never been about stardom. It's about a good and challenging part.
A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.
I'm going to do anything in my power to keep creating the path that I want to go down and I want to be a part of and be involved with, and whether or not that means superstardom or making music for the rest of my life and not having to work at a coffee shop, I'm fine. I'm happy. I'm stoked for whatever opportunity arises.
It's no secret that many tales of tween stardom have had unhappy endings.
I think that, in the beginning, you think, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.' And then, with the more movies you make, you are like, 'I don't know if I want to be that anymore. I think what I am looking for is something different.' I like acting, but a lot of times, stardom comes with a lot of strings attached.
In the long run, there are people who've made more money or had bigger stardom at points. But, I think I'll have come out winning.
I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.
Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.
It's no new narrative to say that when people get out of child stardom, they oftentimes rebel in very serious ways.
There's an incredible amount of loneliness that comes with child stardom because you're isolated from your society.
In rock stardom there's an absolute economic upside to self-destruction.
I've never had issues with stardom.
Nobody put the camera on the background singers who were singing. It was on Stevie Wonder. It was on Elton John. It was on whoever was the lead singer out front. We were 20 feet from stardom.
In Italy it's full-on stardom when you're a cyclist - eating in restaurants for free, it's great.
I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.
I didn't fall for a lot of that stardom stuff.
I am not chasing stardom.
Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years.
When stardom gets on your head, you don't even realise.
For me, Michael Jackson was a star. Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan are stars. They are the ones who own and carry stardom.
You really have to love the work. You can't look for stardom. That's a by-product.
Sometimes people take it for granted that they had success, especially nowadays when you have instant stardom. A lot of people feel entitlement and nobody is entitled to anything.
I can't come to terms with stardom or see myself as a star.
