Fame was never something I was seeking in my artis... -Philippe Petit

Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That's how I enjoyed fame in '74; it was not just for the emptiness of being famous.

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Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers....

Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to break open doors and keep creating. That's h...

If I have to make a self-portrait, I would put poetry and rebellion on the list. To be able to walk on a wire, to be able to juggle six hoops, you nee...

If you see how carefully I prepare for any kind of walk, legal or illegal, small or big, you will see that, actually, I narrow the unknown to virtuall...

When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very old book on card manipulation. Somehow, I was more in...

Every year, I am conscious of the anniversary of my 1974 World Trade Center walk....

I am a thief of knowledge, and in a survival way, I had to solve all the problems around me....

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Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor who's been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with som...

Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and s...

Once you're famous you can't go back....

One thing I think celebrities shy away from is exposing the reality that we're all the same. Somebody's not more important because they have a Bentley...

I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people....

I don't think I'll ever feel as famous or as popular as I felt when I was a 17-year-old soccer player in Modle. Only about 20,000 people live there an...

Sometimes you're famous before you're good....

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in ...

I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying...

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through ...