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

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous.

I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be anyone in particular; I just wanted to do it. I see young people now who look at magazines, or American Idol and their goal is to have that lifestyle - to have good handbags, or go out with cute guys from shows, or whatever. But I definitely wanted to be an actor.

I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous.

You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

I guess the nicest thing about being, I won't say famous but being popular is a more proper word for me to use would be that if you've got a recognizable name, a lot of times you can get people to do things for you ordinarily that you wouldn't get done.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

I do not like being famous. I like being normal.

I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

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'll get girls and be famous.