14 Celebrities Who Love Being Well-known

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In 2024, Kevin Bacon advised Vainness Honest that, to check out what it might be wish to not be well-known, he as soon as “went to a particular results make-up artist, had consultations, and requested him to make [him] a prosthetic disguise.” Then, sporting glasses, a pretend nostril, and faux tooth, he went to The Grove. He mentioned, “No person acknowledged me…Individuals had been sort of pushing previous me, not being good. No person mentioned, ‘I really like you.’ I needed to wait in line to, I do not know, purchase a fucking espresso or no matter. I used to be like, ‘This sucks. I need to return to being well-known.'”

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Showing on ABC Information in 2022, Kim Kardashian advised Robin Roberts, “If you happen to had been to ask me years in the past, once I first began my profession, I’d have executed something to be well-known. I am so open and trustworthy about the truth that I really like being well-known. Some individuals are made for it higher than others. I’d be mendacity if I mentioned I did not really feel like I may deal with it and if I did not really feel like I used to be made for it.” She added that she “loves” her life and does not view fame as a “detrimental factor.”

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In 2016, Will Smith advised Jimmy Kimmel Dwell, “I need folks to acknowledge me. You recognize what, ‘trigger I’ve met lots of people the place fame is usually a burden, and I simply find it irresistible, man. Like, I actually do, you realize. You be pointing at folks, they usually scream. I had a factor the opposite day, like, the proper instance. It was most likely about three weeks in the past, and I used to be driving, and I spotted I used to be on [empty]…I used to be like, ‘Oh no!’ So, I used to be about, you realize, half-hour from my home, so I pulled into the fuel station, and I did not have my pockets. And I used to be like, ‘Aww, tragedy.’ Proper? So, I am wanting, and I am wanting, and I used to be like, ‘Nicely, can I name Jada [his wife]?’ Then she gotta drive half-hour to return. And I regarded over on the opposite aspect, and I noticed a dude. He was like 36 years previous. I used to be like, ‘That dude’s a Contemporary Prince fan’…”

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Chatting with media on the 2009 CMA Music Competition, Taylor Swift mentioned, “I get drained lots, however I by no means get bored with it. As a result of, for me, I bear in mind once I was slightly child, and I used to sit down there and take into consideration how fortunate I’d be if sometime folks cared concerning the phrases that I wrote or how fortunate I’d be if sometime, I used to be simply strolling by means of the mall and noticed some little woman strolling by with my face on her shirt. And while you spend a lot time daydreaming about issues like that, when that really occurs, you don’t ever complain about it, you realize. It is like, once I go to a restaurant, yeah, I do know {that a} line might be gonna type in entrance of the desk, however did not I all the time used to want for that? Yeah, I did.”

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In 2023, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson advised Vainness Honest, “You may by no means hear me complain about fame. I do know what the choice is to not being well-known. Fame is a blessing.” Sharing the interview clip on Fb, he added, “You may by no means hear me complain about fame. Ever. As a result of I’ve lived the choice once I wasn’t well-known and nobody gave a shit and I used to be broke. Fame is a blessing.”

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Per Selection, in 2016, Henry Cavill advised Man of the World, “I am barely cautious of claiming this, as a result of it may be frowned upon, actually by members of my neighborhood and folks exterior my neighborhood…however I am not simply doing this for the artwork. The cash’s unbelievable, and that is one thing which I deem — and once more, it’s frowned upon — crucial. You have to take pleasure in life! I imply, you have to. Once I’m getting cash, I am spending it on good stuff, whether or not that be lavish holidays for me and my associates or simply seeing one thing and stepping into a store and saying, ‘Yeah, I need that for the home,’ and shopping for it. Spending cash on my associates, shopping for dinner for everybody, drinks for everybody, it is a good place to be, and I like folks to really feel cared for.”

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In 2019, Billie Eilish advised Vainness Honest, “I like this life that I’ve. I like being well-known. It is very bizarre, but it surely’s very cool. I really feel like I can say that now as a result of I used to hate it. I hated doing press, and I hated being acknowledged, and I hated sort of all the pieces that needed to do with it. There’s lots in fame that is fucking gross and horrible and simply depressing, however I am very grateful for it, and it is actually uncommon. I am very fortunate, so I am executed with complaining about it I complained about it for thus lengthy.”

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In 2024, Trisha Paytas advised Rolling Stone that, regardless of her lack of singing or performing skills, she liked auditioning for her highschool performs. She mentioned, “I liked the eye, feeling like a star. [But] I used to be all the time additional and background.” So, when she grew to become an influencer, she recreated lots of music movies “as a result of [she] all the time needed to be the lead.” She additionally lied for consideration. She mentioned, “I do not know why I did it. Both to make myself extra attention-grabbing, or to distract from the truth that my life wasn’t attention-grabbing. I simply needed folks to be fascinated with me. And it sort of manifested into precise loopy shit taking place to me.”

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In 2007, Chris Rock advised the New York Occasions, “Yeah, I really like being well-known. It’s virtually like being white, you realize?” He additionally mentioned he does not thoughts touring as a working slapstick comedian for six months. He mentioned, “It is an amazing life. I would not commerce it with anyone. Besides possibly Will Smith.”

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In 2015, Noel Gallagher advised Esquire, “The celebrity factor, some folks, it hits them exhausting. I flourished. I find it irresistible. I’ve by no means gone out of my approach to be well-known, and I do not go to the opening of a fucking envelope, but when anyone desires to lend me their superyacht simply because I am well-known, ‘Thanks very a lot, man.’ I do take pleasure in that aspect of it, and you must fucking take pleasure in it. The longer that it went on, the stronger I felt, as a result of no one else was answerable for my success: not a producer, not a fucking A&R man, not a man who did these movies, as a result of they had been all shit. I wrote the songs, I wrote the lyrics, I got here up with the elements, I did the interviews. I felt so bulletproof as a result of I did all of it. I fucking hate whingeing rock stars.”

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Per the Indian Specific, throughout a 2023 digital roundtable, Paul Rudd mentioned, “It is a very bizarre factor to be well-known. I’ve been working as an actor for a very long time now. So I’ve identified completely different ranges of it. I all the time suppose it is boring when actors complain about how well-known they’re, as a result of there are some issues which might be sort of good about it. You get to see a lot of various things and also you’re awarded many alternatives, that’s for certain….I most likely have grow to be a bit extra reclusive [since becoming famous]. I feel my world, unusually, has gotten slightly smaller. However I really like what I do, and it is an honor to be an actor. It was my aim, and that’s what I needed. It is an honor to work with Marvel.”

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Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan advised India Immediately Conclave that he does not miss his anonymity “in any respect.” He mentioned, “I mentioned this in a single interview in my documentary that each one my life I’ve labored in order that I will be acknowledged. I need hundreds of individuals to scream my title out once I get off the airport. I need women and little kids to tear my garments off. I’ve labored very exhausting for this. After which I discover it very silly once I see stars put on darkish glasses to cover their faces. I feel I need to be acknowledged. Given an opportunity, I would give my left arm and proper arm to be acknowledged and haven’t any privateness. I need to be identified. I need to be disturbed. I need to worry by as many individuals for as a few years potential.”

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In 2016, David Spade advised the Observer, “About six months in the past, a reporter requested me once I thought I used to be essentially the most well-known, and I mentioned, ‘I do not know, I assume proper now as a result of it looks like a cumulative factor, proper?’ I used to be form of insulted by the query in a means, however probably not. So, to provide an excellent reply, I mentioned, ‘Possibly it was the yr I used to be on the quilt of each Leisure Weekly and Rolling Stone. That was a reasonably good yr for me.’ I do not essentially need to be tremendous well-known. I simply need to preserve doing issues I love to do, and if that stuff makes me well-known, then that is the way it goes.”

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And at last, in 2022, John Stamos advised CBS Sunday Morning, “I needed to be well-known; I needed to be well-known so unhealthy. And as soon as I bought it, I liked it. I nonetheless do. You recognize, these folks go, ‘Oh, I hate being well-known.’ …If you happen to see me someplace, ask for an image. I am completely satisfied to do it as a result of it is what I needed my entire life.”