“I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.”

“Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.”

“If somebody tells me I'm famous I say, 'I'm not.' I can't see myself as famous and I don't think I'll ever call myself famous. I definitely don't feel famous.”

“Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.”

“Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn't scared.”

“You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.”

“And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.”

“Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.”

“For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom.”