Celebrity Is Overrated/Quotes

Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise Crazy Just be glad it's him, not you If you had Tom Cruise's troubles You might be Tom Cruise Crazy too You'd flash your big white shiny smile; buy expensive shoes But you'd be the only man on Earth Who couldn't enjoy Tom Cruise! —"Tom Cruise Crazy," Jonathan Coulton

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door. --Marlo Thomas

And now the tabloids use your face To document your fall from grace And they tell you that that's just the way it goes... Just the way it goes... —Just Jack, Starz in their eyes

What of fame? Everyone knows your face, the world screams your name And never again, are you alone..// —Tupac Shakur

Living on a lighted stage Approaches the unreal For those who think and feel In touch with some reality Beyond the gilded cage Cast in this unlikely role Ill-equipped to act With insufficient tact One must put up barriers To keep oneself intact —Rush, "Limelight"

"I asked to be successful. I never asked to be famous." —George Harrison