What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it was not real.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you are a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you are trying to get a film financed.

When you are rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I have talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I have ever wanted to do.

I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.

It was not being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything.

I remember Michael saying, Rich and famous? It is much better to be just rich. I did not quite get it to begin with. But he is right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that is a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.

I really feel like it is a travesty to make a child famous. I really do.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I have just grown up.

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I have done, almost because I am not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

Save your rejections so that later when you are famous you can show them to people and laugh.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

Being famous is wicked. But it is better to be normal.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.