Fame quotes

“- Jean Michel Basquiat: How long does it take to get famous?
- Benny Dalmau: Four years. Six to get rich.”
Jeffrey Wright - Jean Michel Basquiat
Benicio del Toro - Benny Dalmau

- Anna Scott: Rita Hayworth used to say, "They go to bed with Gilda; they wake up with me".
- William Thacker: Who's Gilda?
- Anna Scott: Her most famous part. Men went to bed with the dream; they didn't like it when they would wake up with the reality.
Julia Roberts - Anna Scott
Hugh Grant - William Thacker

“First you're gonna have to dress right. Then you're gonna have to hang out with famous people. Make friends with the right blonde people. Go to the right parties. Social life. Then you gotta do your work all the time, and you're not doing that. But I'm talking about the same kind of work, the same style, so people recognize you and don't get...” (continue)(continue reading)

Benicio del Toro - Benny Dalmau

“We're gonna get famous now. More popular than Christine Keeler and the Beatles!”

Phil Collins - Buster

“- King: First, you make Frank Sinatra wait for a table...
- Keyes: He didn't have a jacket.
- King: He's Frank Sinatra! He can wear whatever he wants!”
Chazz Palminteri - King
Eugene Levy - Keyes

“- Tom Witzky: I never wanted to be famous. I just never expected to be so...
- Maggie Witzky: What?
- Tom Witzky: I don't know, ordinary.”
Kevin Bacon - Tom
Kathryn Erbe - Maggie

“- Bad Guy: It's Porthos the Pirate!!
- D'Artagnan: Pirate?
- Porthos: I told you I was famous.”
Chris O'Donnell - D'Artagnan
Oliver Platt - Porthos

“Orson, come into the light. Never stand in the shadows - you were made for the light. Always remember that.”
Tusse Silberg - Welles's Mother

“With all the attention the newspapers and television has been giving you, you'd think you were the Pope or something.”

Nora Dunn - Mrs. Carver

- Riker: Someone once said "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements".
- Zefram Cochran: That's rhetorical nonsense. Who said that?
- Riker: You did, ten years from now.
Jonathan Frakes - William Riker
James Cromwell - Zefram Cochran

“- The Great Gonzo: You'll think it's stupid.
- Fozzie Bear: No we won't, tell us, tell us!
- The Great Gonzo: I want to go to Bombay, India and become a movie star.
- Fozzie Bear: You don't go to Bombay to become a movie star! You go where we're going: Hollywood.”

Dave Goelz - The Great Gonzo
Frank Oz - Fozzie Bear

“- Porthos: I see. He thinks he can challenge the mighty Porthos with a sword!
- D'Artagnan: The mighty who?
- Porthos: Don't tell me you've never heard of me.
- D'Artagnan: The world's biggest windbag?”
Oliver Platt - Porthos
Chris O'Donnell - D'Artagnan

I thought "What the hell, I'm a big celebrity now, I can get all the chicks I want. Why get married?". But on the other hand, if you are married, no more stink eye. Plus they can't testify against you.
Brendan Fraser - Stu Miley

“Hunter wouldn't leave his camera if his grandmother was on fire.”
Walter Connolly - Gabby' MacArthur

“From Geneva comes the news that the famous international crook, Gaston Monescu, robbed the peace conference yesterday. He took practically everything except the peace.”
Perry Ivins - Radio Commentator

“- Frank: I come here to discuss a piece of business with you, and whadda you gonna do? You gonna tell me fairy tales?
- Attaglia: Hey, who da fuck are you slick? Somebody knows you? What are you, crazy or what?”
James Caan - Frank
Tom Signorelli - Attaglia

“It's really something when you think that I'm the one who's gonna be famous. Suzanne would die if she knew.”
Alison Folland - Lydia Mertz

“- Prince Colwyn: The reward is freedom... and fame!
- Torquil: Freedom? We have it! And fame? Nah. It's an empty purse. Count it, go broke. Eat it, go hungry. Seek it, go mad!”
Ken Marshall - Colwyn
Alun Armstrong - Torquil

“I didn't marry you 'cause you were going to be famous. I liked the way your ass looked in jeans.”

Kathryn Erbe - Maggie

“- Claire: You decided to go with the Network?
- Alex Grazier: Yeah... They're gonna' give me 10 grand a week to read the news. I'll be in 60 million homes every night. When I take a breath, all of America will take a breath. When my voice trembles, all of America will tremble. I'm gonna' be a star. My vocal inflection will be more important than...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joanna Cassidy - Claire
Gene Hackman - Alex Grazier

They can't know the truth! The truth, you see, is bad! I will be branded with this mistake for the rest of my life! My children's children will walk down the street and people will point and say, "Look, there goes the spawn of Flik the Loser"!
Dave Foley - Flik

“- Melvin Smiley: Technically, you can call me a hitman.
- Keiko Nishi: Really? A hitman? Does that pay well?
- Melvin Smiley: Oh of course. I make a killing.”
Mark Wahlberg - Melvin Smiley
China Chow - Keiko Nishi

“- Frollo: So this is the gallant Captain Phoebus, home from the wars.
- Phoebus: Reporting for duty as ordered, sir.
- Frollo: Your service record precedes you, Phoebus. I expect nothing but the best from a war hero of your caliber.
- Phoebus: And you shall have it, sir. I guarantee it.”
Tony Jay - Frollo
Kevin Kline - Phoebus

“- Leo Biederman: I talked to Civil defense. They said if you and I got married we'd be family, and I could get you in.
- Sarah Hotchner: What about my parents? They're not your family. I don't want to go without my parents.
- Leo Biederman: I'm the famous Leo Beiderman, and I haven't used my fame for anything, but I got them to let your family...” (continue)(continue reading)
Elijah Wood - Leo Biederman
Leelee Sobieski - Sarah Hotchner

“What a wonderful thing it would be to visit your own funeral. To sit at the front and hear what was said, maybe say a few things yourself.”
Ian Bannen - Jackie O'Shea