Famous Russell Brand Quotes & Sayings

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money. — Russell Brand

Being famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants ... I wish it would do more interesting things! — Russell Brand

We apply reality from within. The world is our perception of the world. So what other people think of you, famous or not, is an independent construct taking place in their brain, and we shouldn't worry too much about it. — Russell Brand

When I first became famous in the United Kingdom it was helpful because it meant there wasn't a spite of 'this bloke's a drug addict,' 'this bloke f**ks all these women' because I was just making jokes about all those things already, so it made me some kind of incorruptible indefatigable, indestructible force. — Russell Brand

I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence. — Russell Brand

I used to believe in the system that I was born into: aspire, acquire, consume, get famous and glamorous, get high and mighty, get paid and laid. — Russell Brand

I'm famous now. But now that I've got fame and some of the other things I thought would make me happy - it ain't worked — Russell Brand

And I don't think we should be continuing to propagate the idea that famous people are magical or special because it makes people feel like their lives ain't no good. — Russell Brand