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The nice thing about being a celebrity is that, if you bore people, they think it's their fault.

— Henry Kissinger

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.

— Robert Winston

I'm kind of ashamed to be a celebrity. I don't understand wanting to read about other people's dirty laundry. I think celebrity is the biggest red herring society has ever pulled on itself.

— Jude Law

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

— Jimmy Wales

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

— Willem Dafoe

You knew how humiliating that is as an experience for celebrities to be less of a celebrity. There's no class to adjust to being less famous, and you don't think you have to worry about it. But you do.

— Carrie Fisher

✗Opposing Perspectives

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

— Eric Clapton

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

— Jason Alexander

I've learned that being a celebrity is like being a sacrificial lamb. At some point, no matter how high the pedestal that they put you on, they're going to tear you down.

— Megan Fox

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

— Paul Haggis

I think that part of the difficulty of being a celebrity is that you may have to hide what you're feeling and you aren't totally allowed to be yourself, because you're in the public eye.

— Deborah Ann Woll