Broadcasts from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange have propelled once-obscure financial journalists such as Maria Bartiromo to celebrity status and made CNBC to investors what ESPN is to sports fans.
When you win, suddenly this celebrity status is hoisted upon you.
I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.
So, I didn't get moved up because of celebrity status or anything like that. I got in line, and I passed the test. And they realized that I was sick enough, and as soon as the liver became available, I got one.
I can't get sucked into that celebrity thing, because I think it's just crass.
The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parties. It's just not my thing.
The celebrity thing, I mean, Lindsay Lohan - what's she for? I look at that and throw my hands up in despair.
I get embarrassed on the red carpet at awards ceremonies. The whole celebrity thing is embarrassing.
The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.
This celebrity thing has been interesting. It's hard to get used to, because I don't see myself as a celebrity.
As a family, we didn't get into the celebrity thing. That's not what we wanted for the boys. We wanted them to play everything they could, be involved in as many school events as they could.
I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.
I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was a temporary phenomenon, and I was above it.
It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
I'm not a celebrity chef. I'm a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.
I feel it is important to respect contestants on national TV, celebrity or not.
The superhighway of celebrity and showmanship is filled with debris.
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.
These days, no celebrity on a magazine cover, including Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, or Leonardo DiCaprio, could possibly match the visual punch of Alfred E. Neuman, the gap-toothed, grinning boy, goofily peeking out at us on the newsstand.