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Fame for fame's sake is toxic - some people want that, with no boundaries. It's unhealthy.

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.

Fame obviously has become a premium in everybody's life. Everybody thinks they deserve it, everybody thinks they want it and most people really don't enjoy it once they get it.

Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.

Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.

Fame for fame's sake is never a good road to go down.

Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.

I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.

Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

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.