There is a level of fame that is really unmanageable. But most of the people who experience that level of fame are compensated in other ways. Private villas and chauffeured boats.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never have issues in handling the fame. I was in a boarding school, as I am from a middle-class family. We didn't have a lot of money, so we all learned to respect money and understood its real value.
Fame changes everything. When you're well-known, you're expected to be different. Some people assume you must have a yacht and four homes. Or that you're famous because you are 'A Decent Man'.
I think, most of the time, fame is just an inconvenience that needs to be negotiated around to get done what you're actually trying to do.
Some people can handle fame, some can't.
I think the people who end up being extraordinarily successful - it's been my observation - tend to care enormously about status, particularly business people, right? Because the only point of money, you know, the only reason to have a 300-foot-long boat is because they're bigger than 200-foot-long boats.
Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.
Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.
Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
Fame itself... doesn't really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.