Would you want to be famous?

I wouldn't, even if I had the choice of being rich and famous or continue being a regular person I think I would have to turn down the offer. Yes the money would be great and being famous sounds alright but it would be a tough life to live, having to hide your face if you wanted to go out in public, having to sign autographs, having the media scrutinize your life, never being able to be a real person. Never getting to have your own personal space. What do you think, would you take the offer and be famous?

 

I'd love to be famous.

 

I've had it pretty rough so far in life....NO....not nearly as rough as some people, but until recently it's been pretty unfulfilling. I hide my face in public....mainly because I don't want to talk to someone. If I did want to talk, I'd be uncovered. I fill out papers just about everyday. From job apps to insurance forms. Signing autographs would be cake. And, people scrutinize my life daily. I'm an unwed, teenage mother. I'm used to it. And, famous people aren't always fake. Just the crappy ones.
Having said that....I'd LOVE to be famous.

 

Thats exactly what your first reaction is, yeah sure but if you really think about it then you may start to change your opinion.

 

hell no..not in the sence ya mean anyways
i like bein fairly well known, as in can usualy run into freinds pretty much all over the country and stuff..but fame hell nooooo
1st i would hate havin the cash and all that went with it
2nd id hate havin ppl be fake around me
3rd i wouldnt be able to live my lifestyle..at least without serius scrutiny and ridicule
4th id hate to have to pretend to be a certain way just to keep the publics interest
5th i never pay attention to famouse people, i never know whos in what movie or who did what and i just dont care..and id hate to be in that possition myself were i was either idolixzed for an image or totaly ignored for being famouse
6th..i just like being me and being free

 

I gave a description. Meaning, I've totally thought about it. It's for some, it's not for others.

 

Fame will break a person, you have to be mentally strong.

 

I couldn't care less either way... and if it has to relate to some sort of agency or management/artist development crap more than it does the art, then what's the point, anymore.

Hank Williams, he came up from Montgomery
With a heartful of broken country songs
Nashville Tennessee didn't really understand him
Cause he did things differently than the way that they were done
When he finally made it to the Grand Ol Opry he made it stand still
He ended up on alcohol and pills


Elvis Presley, he came up from Jackson
With a brand new way of singin and a brand new way of dancin
And even from the waist up Lord he gave the world a thrill
He ended up on alcohol and pills

Alcohol and pills, it's a cryin shame
You think they might have been happy with the glory and the fame
But fame doesn't take away the pain, it only pays the bills
And you wind up on alcohol and pills

Janis Joplin, she was wild and reckless
Then there was Graham Parsons, Lord, and then there was Jimi Hendrix
The story just goes on and on and I guess it always will
They ended up on alcohol and pills

Sometimes somebody just doesn't wake up one day
Sometimes it's a heart attack, sometimes they just don't say
They pulled poor old Hank Wlliams out of a Cadillac Coupe DeVille
He ended up on alcohol and pills

 

I'd only like to be famous for the right reasons, like being a musician, because it'd be something I'd enjoy. The major reason for me would be to inform people about stuff that matters. If I ever got interviewed I wouldn't answer their crappy 'favorite color' questions, but I'd hop right to it talking about issues. Really though, I'd rather just be a regular person.

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Just thought I'd add that I'd absolutely never change myself for anyone, and maybe by being famous, I could show the kids/people that we have the freedom at least to be ourselves.

 

moon flower - you have the cutest baby. she looks so happy

 

I could handle being well known for my music and writing someday.

Not too sure about "fame"... It usually comes with a bunch of other shit that I don't want.

If I could be well known for that stuff within a fairly small range of people, that'd be just fine. I'd rather be a local talent more than anything.

 

I would love to be a famous writer.

 

If there aren't any people who seem to be torn over the fame issue, it's writers.


I mean, what majority of people really seems to actually love to read books these days. People are too caught up in living the life of a techie. To think that in the days of the printing press' invention, people thought books were not a reliable technology because people were scared words and letters would fall off the page.

 

Sorry...I don't understand what you mean. I've re-read what you said a couple of times, and I don't understand it for some reason. Perhaps it's too late.

 

Shit. So... what do we do now?

 

You explain to me what you meant.:tongue:

 

i, too, would like to be well-known for the stuff i write

 

Be a world famous mouse and be driven in limos and have lots and lots of photoshoots? Yes please. I would like to have my very own place in the centre of London and have my shopping done in Harrods each week. I want my face to be on every glossy magazine. I want to be king of Vogue and Queen of Hello magazine.

I want lots of bubbly, morning noon and night and I want it really bad. I want twenty billion pounds and some I would give to the needy such as Africa, etc etc.

Yeh, I want some limelight. I want it now. It should be about me. ME me me me


I want it all and I want it now.


Great thread

 

I would not want to be famous...in this life.

I would prefer to leave a legacy to be discovered after I die....like van gogh, mozart, etc...

I value my privacy and down time like a hawk

 

it does take a strong person to handle being famous, but i'm willing to try to be up to the task......as long as the fame comes with money, hehe

being locally famous kinda sucks - can't unwind in your home town, and there's seldom money involved.......at least if you've got money you can buy an island and everyone would have to abide by your rules while visiting

hehe, just think of the laws you could create on your own island!