Fame quotes

“Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!”

Warner Baxter - Julian Marsh

“The more scribbled the name, the bigger the fame.”
Robert De Niro - Rupert Pupkin

“- Danforth: Moto, I'm beginning to believe all the stories I've heard about you.
- Mr. Moto: Please do not.”
John Carradine - Danfoth
Peter Lorre - Mr. Moto

“Felix darling, some of her fans still don't think she goes to the bathroom!”

Erica Yohn - Agnes - Costume Designer

“- Mayor Clarence: I know people look at me and think that I'm just the man behind the aspirin counter, but inside I love you.
- Maureen Schuster: How lucky I am!”
Fred MacMurray - Mayor Clarence
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland - Maureen Schuester

“- Cliff Spab: Thanks for the ride, Monica.
- Monica Dice: Take care of yourself, Cliff. Good luck going back to being a nobody!”
Stephen Dorff - Cliff Spab
Joey Lauren Adams - Monica Dice

“It's money and adventure and fame. It's the thrill of a lifetime and a long sea voyage that starts at six o'clock tomorrow morning.”
Robert Armstrong - Carl Denham

“I'm not really myself except in the midst of elegant crowds, at the heart of rich districts, or amid the sumptuous ornamentation of palace hotels, an army of servants, and plush carpet underfoot.”
Ganiat Kasumu - Mary

“You get your picture in the papers, you're famous. You're famous, you get anything you want. That's what's so great about New York.”
Max Casella - Racetrack Higgins

“- Buscemi: Suddenly they got very interested in who you were. So, I laid the story down nice and thick.
- El Mariachi: How thick?
- Buscemi: Well, pretty thick, I told 'em you were the biggest Mexican I've ever seen...”
Steve Buscemi - Buscemi
Antonio Banderas - El Mariachi

“- Bonnie: You look like Nick Lang
- Nick Lang: Really? Do you like Nick Lang?
- Bonnie: I used to when I was little. Now I like Mel Gibson.”
Christina Ricci - Bonnie
Michael J. Fox - Nick Lang

“- Camille Brewster: You sure you never heard of me? Camille Brewster?
- Ferdinand Jones: No.
- Camille Brewster: You must have a cheap radio.”
Joan Davis - Camille Brewster
Lou Costello - Ferdinand Jones

“- Philip Henslowe: I need actors! Those of you who are unknown will have a chance to be known!
- Tavern Patron: What about the money, Mr. Henslowe?
- Philip Henslowe: It won't cost you a penny! Ha ha ha ha!”
Geoffrey Rush - Philip Henslowe

“- Manny: Look, Jesus Christ was 33 when he died. People are still talking about Him.
- Bobby Rayburn: Jesus Christ? Give me my damn number!”

John Leguizamo - Manny
Wesley Snipes - Bobby Rayburn

“- Holly Goodhead: You know him?
- James Bond: Not socially. His name's Jaws, he kills people.”
Lois Chiles - Holly Goodhead
Sir Roger Moore - James Bond

“If you can't be great, then there's no sense in ever playing music again.”
Michael Paré - Eddie Wilson

“No, no, I don't want my dog doing beer commercials.”

Michael Jeter - Norm Snively

“I know all the tricks. I know all the con games. I know all the bullshit and there's plenty of that, believe me. Together we could be somebody. People would know who we are. People would know our names. People would treat us that special way - the way they treat stars!”

Eric Roberts - Paul Snider

“So famous, so easily, so soon is not the wisest thing to be.”
Antonio Banderas - Ché

“- Palendri: I love London, it's so wonderfully dirty. And The Beatles, I adore The Beatles. You know The Beatles?
- Reggie Kray: No.
- Ronald Kray: I believe they know us.”
Angus MacInnes - Palendri
Martin Kemp - Reggie Kray
Gary Kemp - Ronald Kray

“I needn't mention how essential dreaming is to the character of the rock star.”
Toni Collette - Mandy Slade

“My son's music! My son Bruno, Bruno Martelli, he wrote the music! Today 46th street, tomorrow Madison Square Garden!”
Eddie Barth - Angelo

“- Fuzzy: Why don't you send your face to Washington and have it copyrighted?
- Mona Marshall: It is copyrighted. For years, my face has been on the sidewalk, in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
- Fuzzy: Well why don't you leave it there?”

Ted Healy - Fuzzy
Lola Lane - Mona Marshall

“- Brian Slade: They despised him.
- Mandy Slade: But when you're abused like that, you know you've touched the stars.”

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - Brian Slade
Toni Collette - Mandy Slade

“Fame or infamy, what does it matter? I shan't be forgotten.”
Rupert Everett - Guy Bennett