Being a celebrity or simply being famous has its own advantages and disadvantages. The common perception is that famous personalities have everything in life. From the paparazzi, the luxury to the undying attention, it all seems like an unattainable dream. Fame, however, isn't always what it seems to be. While some people desire stardom, there are many renowned people who are unhappy with their current position.
Many of them have admitted that they would choose wealth but not fame. Sometimes, superstardom is accompanied by a lot of criticism, especially in the 21st century where social media platforms have become a mainstay. Here we have celebrities sharing their views on fame. Scroll down to find out if being famous is as great as you think it is or not.
After the conclusion of the Twilight series, her fame won't hinder. In reality, things kept moving quickly, and she didn't seem very impressed by the idea of being renowned. She declared, "Fame is the worst thing in the world."
“It’s everything we didn’t sign up for… There’s this whole other entity that you get sucked into. You have to go and sell your wares… Somehow you’re not supporting your film if you don’t get out on a show and talk about your personal life. It has nothing to do with why I do this.” he said.
However, Zach admitted that he loves being an actor and that he’s doing what he’s passionate about. It’s just that being an actor and a celebrity is not the same thing. He even added that he’d like to skip all the fame-related stuff and just get his work done and go home to “watch Lifetime.”
This supermodel has been in the public eye constantly for the past several years, and it appears that fame has had a negative effect on her personal life, assuming she still has one at all. Perhaps a celebrity isn't worth all the things that regular people fantasize about when they think of it.
“What people don’t realize is that fame, whatever your [sic] worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those 10 kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you’re being bullied by millions of people constantly,” Fox said.
“You never p the cost of fame will be a total loss of privacy. That’s incalculable. What a burden that is for anybody. It was unanticipated and I’ve never enjoyed it. You can get the table you want in a restaurant. It gets you doctor’s appointments. But what’s that worth? Nothing,” he explained.
She said: “There is no training, there’s no like, let me go to a school that’s going to teach me how to be famous. Also, that would suck. That would be trash school … Famous people suck. Fame is trash.”
“It’s really hard — I can’t begin to explain how awful it is. It makes you want to just stop everything sometimes. It makes you want to smash your face into the mirror.”, said by her.
“It’s strange, you don’t have a normal life anymore. You spend much time trying to fight it, but in the end you find another way to live. People don’t realize how lonely you are,” he said.
"This fame thing? F---ed me up for a really long time," Hathaway told Elle U.K. in 2014 about her sudden rise to fame as a teenager. "I didn't know how to do it; I didn't know how to engage with it; it stressed me out. And people would say, 'You just have to be yourself,' and I was like, 'But I don't know who that is yet!'"
“It’s legal to follow me, it’s legal to stalk me at the beach, I can’t call the police or ask them to leave. And I took a long hard look at that property line and I said well, you know, if I can’t be free out there, I’m going to be free in here [pointing to her heart],” said Gaga.
Shailene, however, disagrees with the idea that fame is good. She even regards the word "famous" negatively. She despises the term "celebrity" as well, and it appears that she has endured enough strain from the limelight.
Many of them have admitted that they would choose wealth but not fame. Sometimes, superstardom is accompanied by a lot of criticism, especially in the 21st century where social media platforms have become a mainstay. Here we have celebrities sharing their views on fame. Scroll down to find out if being famous is as great as you think it is or not.
#1 Kristen Stewart
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After the conclusion of the Twilight series, her fame won't hinder. In reality, things kept moving quickly, and she didn't seem very impressed by the idea of being renowned. She declared, "Fame is the worst thing in the world."
#2 Brad Pitt
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“It’s everything we didn’t sign up for… There’s this whole other entity that you get sucked into. You have to go and sell your wares… Somehow you’re not supporting your film if you don’t get out on a show and talk about your personal life. It has nothing to do with why I do this.” he said.
#3 Zach Galifianakis
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However, Zach admitted that he loves being an actor and that he’s doing what he’s passionate about. It’s just that being an actor and a celebrity is not the same thing. He even added that he’d like to skip all the fame-related stuff and just get his work done and go home to “watch Lifetime.”
#4 Gigi Hadid
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This supermodel has been in the public eye constantly for the past several years, and it appears that fame has had a negative effect on her personal life, assuming she still has one at all. Perhaps a celebrity isn't worth all the things that regular people fantasize about when they think of it.
#5 Megan Fox
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“What people don’t realize is that fame, whatever your [sic] worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those 10 kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you’re being bullied by millions of people constantly,” Fox said.
#6 Harrison Ford
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“You never p the cost of fame will be a total loss of privacy. That’s incalculable. What a burden that is for anybody. It was unanticipated and I’ve never enjoyed it. You can get the table you want in a restaurant. It gets you doctor’s appointments. But what’s that worth? Nothing,” he explained.
#7 Billie Eilish
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She said: “There is no training, there’s no like, let me go to a school that’s going to teach me how to be famous. Also, that would suck. That would be trash school … Famous people suck. Fame is trash.”
#8 FKA Twigs
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“It’s really hard — I can’t begin to explain how awful it is. It makes you want to just stop everything sometimes. It makes you want to smash your face into the mirror.”, said by her.
#9 Robert Pattinson
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“It’s strange, you don’t have a normal life anymore. You spend much time trying to fight it, but in the end you find another way to live. People don’t realize how lonely you are,” he said.
#10 Anne Hathaway
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"This fame thing? F---ed me up for a really long time," Hathaway told Elle U.K. in 2014 about her sudden rise to fame as a teenager. "I didn't know how to do it; I didn't know how to engage with it; it stressed me out. And people would say, 'You just have to be yourself,' and I was like, 'But I don't know who that is yet!'"
#11 Lady Gaga
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“It’s legal to follow me, it’s legal to stalk me at the beach, I can’t call the police or ask them to leave. And I took a long hard look at that property line and I said well, you know, if I can’t be free out there, I’m going to be free in here [pointing to her heart],” said Gaga.
#12 Shailene Woodley
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Shailene, however, disagrees with the idea that fame is good. She even regards the word "famous" negatively. She despises the term "celebrity" as well, and it appears that she has endured enough strain from the limelight.
#13 Ana de Armas
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