None of my characters are rich or famous and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

Being famous is wicked. But it's better to be normal.

Ever since grammar school I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help or need it. And that reputation is earned.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

Actually bizarrely in America I get more appreciation from the odd unusual stuff I've done almost because I'm not if you like famous in America as I am in England.

I have never wanted to be famous as such - fame is a by-product.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

I really feel like it's a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going and that's a famous story but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?

I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes the famous and the unknown who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

I remember Michael saying 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life not having to think about anything.

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked she got famous for breaking the law.

When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.

You know one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be but it became a kind of shell non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

I don't have famous neighbours and if I did I'd avoid them. I don't live the jet-set.

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.

You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.