I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

- Angelina Jolie

I'm part of the generation that grew up with great rappers like 2Pac and Biggie and people like Amy Winehouse. We've seen a lot of different artists come and go. Even people who are still here, they seem consumed and blinded by fame. It may not have taken them out physically, but they have been taken out.

- Anderson Paak

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

- Alexander Smith

Fame is a very strange animal.

- Adam Lambert

I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.

- A. R. Rahman

There are a lot of perks that come with fame, and with every positive there's a negative, and then it all kind of balances out.

- Ashton Kutcher

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

- Annie Lennox

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

- A. A. Milne

I started as a lyrical singer. But it was through the pop universe that I reached international fame.

- Andrea Bocelli

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

- Alice Walker

'Fame' exhausts me.

- Alice Walker

Fame should be left to the film stars.

- Alexander McQueen

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

- Alanis Morissette

Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

- Alanis Morissette

I think fame became exciting for me in the late '90s because I could actually use it as a means to an end. I could actually have it help me serve my vocationfulness.

- Alanis Morissette

I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.

- Al Pacino

For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.

- Aeschylus