Pastoral Resources

People are people. All that celebrity tagging doesn't bother me at all.

If you want to be an actor, you have to do it because you love acting, not because you want to be a celebrity.

What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity.

I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

It's just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd.

It's part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what's been printed about me.

But I've always felt a need to have a life which is completely separate - at least as far as possible - from the kind of illusory lifestyle that comes with being a celebrity.

People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity.

I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.

I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff.

And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.

The money is in a different league these days, of course, but I have special memories of the 60s and 70s which players today don't have. There wasn't the same celebrity attitude and media exposure. We had a bit more freedom.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

I think that's the thing. I don't want to date a celebrity. I want to date a normal person. So I'm looking for a normal person.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

Celebrity hits like a bomb.

My mother wanted me off her hands. She was a working woman. She designed clothes, and she was a celebrity collector. It's my mother's ambition to be a celebrity.

So, I didn't get moved up because of celebrity status or anything like that. I got in line, and I passed the test. And they realized that I was sick enough, and as soon as the liver became available, I got one.

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford.