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Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived was not really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He did not have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous.

No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That is not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after.

I have never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas.

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!

I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you are a certain age, he was probably a part of your youth. I think that is pretty cool.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they are famous for.

I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous 89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.

For somebody famous, it is weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

I did not want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.

I am officially near-famous. If you've got four year old kids and you've got cable, then you've got no choice but to know who I am. But if you are one of my peers - a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan - you have no idea who I am. I am only famous if you are four.

I am terrified of being too famous. What I am really afraid of is that the audiences will go into the theater and not be able to forget that it is me, that fame will stand in the way of my acting. I want to keep being able to change into different shapes and different personalities.

In fact, I do just like to own something. Everyone thinks I am glamorous, rich and famous but all I have got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.

You do not have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I do like more people to know that it is there. Women is achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas.

When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I will get girls and be famous.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

I have been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has people tremble in his presence.

I do not know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I will be competing with billions of actors who have not got false teeth, and who are 25.

I just want to be rich and famous.

My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I am way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.