Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.

I never thought about being famous.

And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.

We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove.

In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous."

Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here.

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.

I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.