A celebrity is a person who WORKS hard all of their life to BECOME WELL known, and then wears dark GLASSES to avoid being recognized.

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.

Whether ANYONE has ever CHANGED their mind as a result of a CELEBRITY endorsement of a candidate is a bit of a MYSTERY.

Just like ANYONE else, I WANT privacy at times, but I understand that I am a CELEBRITY.

Being a CELEBRITY, you can REMAIN a child for EVER, ALMOST. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.

I don't REALLY SEE myself as a CELEBRITY.

If you were to ASK me what I WANT to do - I don't want to be a CELEBRITY, I want to MAKE a DIFFERENCE.

Many business owners DREAM of having their product or SERVICE endorsed by a GLOBAL celebrity. But instead of trying to get a superstar to SUPPORT your business, try SEEKING out a local celebrity instead.

That should be the MEASURE of success for everyone. It's not MONEY, it's not fame, it's not CELEBRITY; my index of success is HAPPINESS.

I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that CELEBRITY CULTURE. I'm more LIKE SOMEONE who observes it, and I can't ever imagine being like that.

I GOT offered loads of REALITY shows, INCLUDING 'I'm A CELEBRITY' and 'Celebrity Big Brother.'

What I do know is that with a CELEBRITY's death comes an avalanche of media, and in that media is most OFTEN ANOTHER death - it TAKES a life that is filled with complicated talent, hope, success and drive and reduces it to the 'story.'

I THINK there is a DIFFERENCE between being a CELEBRITY and being an ACTOR.

To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will SMITH - they're BUILT for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character GUY.