It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Success, Fame0Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
Fame0Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
Success, Fame0There are eight million people in this city. And those teeming masses exist for the sole purpose of lifting the few exceptional people onto their shoulders.
Fame, New York City, Marvel0Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.
Blasphemy, Fame0I'm not a star, I don't wanna be a star. I don't have a great name, the media have never heard of me. No public, no cheerleaders. It's not about winning or losing, it's about reaching your limits. Going as far as you can go and then going farther. I don't collect titles, I collect hours, hours of hard work, hours of pain. That's just me, I'm playing for the ultimate victory, the victory over yourself. This is the way of life. There is no finish-line. Becoming the best that you can be, there's nothing else that matters. Beating the odds, fulfilling your destiny.
I don't wanna be a superstar, I want to be better than that. Just want to be me. Just wanna be me.
How can you squander even one more day, not taking advantage of the greatest shifts of our generation? How dare you settle for less, when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?
Fame0If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.
Death, Fame0I don't need no money, fortune, or fame
I got all the riches baby, one man can claim
Hero not the handsome actor who plays a hero's role. Hero not the glamour girl who'd love to sell her soul.
Appearance, Fame0Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Fame, Los Angeles & Hollywood0