quotations about stardom
Stardom is the lack of ... substance, the possession only of image, reputation, notoriety, fame.
SIMON DIXON
"The Figure in the Background: Stardom and Filmic Space", Film and Television Stardom
You're not a movie star
It's harder now than yesterday,
As the lines begin to show
WISHBONE ASH
"Silver Ash"
Everyone seems to agree that the first and most vital quality for stardom is to want to be a performer more than anything else in the world. It may seem a bit trite, but it is true.
DIANNE NICHOLSON
"Turn On to Stardom"
It hurts when people let you know
That you're not a movie star.
WISHBONE ASH
"Silver Ash"
If any young actor dreams that stardom is a trip to heaven, while packing his bags, he'd do well to choose his wardrobe with a much hotter climate in mind.
HELEN HAYES
On Reflection: An Autobiography
The years of sacrifice and struggle
The arc of stardom's natural course
The inevitable decline
The wolves waiting at the door
BOB SEGER
"Revisionism Street"
The path from pop to screen stardom is strewn with the wreckage of a thousand broken dreams.
FIACHRA GIBBONS
"Pulling of a Stylish act", The Nation, July 20, 2017
Sociologists note that stardom is socially constructed through an intangible cooperation between fans who assign an individual "supervalued" identity and performers who accept this externally produced self-definition.
MELTON ALONZA MCLAURIN
You Wrote My Life: Lyrical Themes in Country Music
There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom' -- only talent can keep you at the top.
JIM DALE
attributed, You've Got Talent
I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things. The more I meet other actors, the less the idea of the mythical movie star--an imaginary desire object who conforms to a certain ideal--makes sense to me at all. I think if people realize this when they read interviews, they might be less avid about them. It's sad that they get fooled into buying magazines and seeing films when so much of it is ... a sort of fabrication.
JULIE CHRISTIE
Interview Magazine, March 1997
The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
JESSICA SAVITCH
attributed, Lifehack
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon.
PINK FLOYD
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Lipstick in hand
Tahitian tan
In her painted on jeans
She dreams of fame
She changed her name
To one that fits the movie screen
She's headed for the big time
MICHAEL JACKSON
"Hollywood Tonight"
Stardom bends our attention and thereby bends our sense of filmic space.
SIMON DIXON
"The Figure in the Background: Stardom and Filmic Space", Film and Television Stardom
Remember that stardom is more than ability or will, although will is a large part of it.
HAROLD BRODKEY
Sea Battles on Dry Land: Essays
Stardom is intimately intertwined with the narratives enacted by stars; in other words, stardom is less a mystery than it is a cultural construction that feeds off memory and popular history.
MARCIA LANDY & AMY VILLAREJO
"Queen Christina", British Film Institute Film Classics, Volume 1
Stardom is a strategy of performance that is an adaptive response to the limits and pressures exerted upon acting in the mainstream cinema.
CHRISTINE GLEDHILL
Stardom: Industry of Desire
I'm a movie star, I'm an astronaut
And I own this bar
And I would lie to you for your love
KIM CARNES
"I'd Lie To You For Your Love"
He fell in love with the image of himself
and suddenly the picture was distorted
Even the greatest stars dislike themselves in the looking glass
KRAFTWERK
"The Hall of Mirrors"
The superstar is. He does not create media events; he is in and of himself a media event.
ANONYMOUS
Ebony, 1979