By the time of the '90s boom, CEOs had become superheroes, accorded celebrity treatment and followed with a kind of slavish scrutiny that Alfred P. Sloan could never have imagined.
Celebrity doesn't serve me unless it advances the work that I'm doing.
I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.
I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover.
I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.
I didn't aspire to be just a celebrity; I aspired to be an actress... I always wanted to be respected as someone who knew their craft.
It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.
The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.
I'm a child of God first. Before I became a celebrity, I was baptized a Christian.
The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show.
I don't have big time celebrity friends - I'm just a guy.
I don't like to think I am a celebrity; I am just a bloke on the telly.
My dream was to be a celebrity, to be on TV like Bob Hope was.
If you're a big celebrity, you get money to be private. I'm just a working stiff. I don't get bodyguards or alarm systems.
I get asked one question a lot: 'What celebrity encounter would render you starstruck?' The answer is simple - anyone who's ever strapped on a Redskins helmet, much less coached them to three Super Bowls.
I can't stand the word 'celebrity.' It's such a brash word.
I'm here to fight for the re-education of what celebrity is: to say, 'Yes, we are celebrities, but yes, we're also innovators. We're also inventors. We're also thoughtful.'
