“I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Then you've left a mark. You don't h…”— Jennie Livingston, Herself, Dorian Corey, imdb.com
“See, that’s the thing: I already felt like I had made it. Me living in New York in an $1,100-a-month apartment, paying my own rent, doing my own shows, dressing how I liked, singing how I liked, doing my hair how I liked—I already felt like I had made it. So when I say, 'I don’t care about money,' I…”— Lady GaGa, amazon.com
“The only thing I ever thought about or knew was that I was going to be famous. I knew I would either have a big show or movie or all of it. That was a feeling I always had.”— Roseanne Barr, vanityfair.com