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