Fame or Celebrity? You Make the decision
If you can answer the question, how do you become famous yet still maintain some normality in your life? You could make a lot of money by sharing your secret. Contrary to popular belief, not every famous person courts publicity, and some would prefer to not have it.
In this age of twenty four hour news and celebrity magazines the media has an insatiable appetite for the comings and goings of perhaps the least famous nowadays. You could remember the furor that ensued when the Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton announced he was moving to Switzerland. He gave his reason behind leaving the U.K. that he could not even get into a petrol station to fill his car without being mobbed. I guess this does not happen in Switzerland!
There isn't any question that most celebrities, instead of famous people, do seek publicity and through so doing they forfeit any right to privacy. There is a well known idiom "if you sup with the devil, you'll need a long spoon". So it's with the media and paparazzi. If you ever encourage them, then you cannot complain when they invade your privacy.
Just how does fame differ from celebrity or how to become famous? Well some individuals are famous, some are celebrities, and you have famous celebrities. Fame can be achieved in any sphere of life, medicine, and politics, sport all have their share of celebrities. Alexander Fleming, Winston Churchill, Steve Redgrave, all are famous in their own field, but only one could be remotely termed a celebrity.
The point is if you are famous when you are alive the chances are you will still be famous when you are dead. Equally, you might become famous after you have died and you'll remain famous thereafter.
Celebrity is actually a totally different matter. For celebrity read popular. Basically it is exactly what a celebrity is, someone that is popular. As everyone knows popularity can be very short lived. Individuals who win reality TV shows are popular (people voted for them), and in turn they become celebrities. The amount of time they remain a celebrity will then rely on their publicist and whoever else they pay to promote them.
As a final point we have famous celebrities. In the examples given earlier only Steve Redgrave could remotely be classed as a "famous celebrity" he has achieved his fame in rowing in the Olympics, and there's no question he is perceived as a celebrity. So you see if you want to know how to become a famous person and still have a normal life, find a cure for cancer rather than winning Big Brother.
In this age of twenty four hour news and celebrity magazines the media has an insatiable appetite for the comings and goings of perhaps the least famous nowadays. You could remember the furor that ensued when the Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton announced he was moving to Switzerland. He gave his reason behind leaving the U.K. that he could not even get into a petrol station to fill his car without being mobbed. I guess this does not happen in Switzerland!
There isn't any question that most celebrities, instead of famous people, do seek publicity and through so doing they forfeit any right to privacy. There is a well known idiom "if you sup with the devil, you'll need a long spoon". So it's with the media and paparazzi. If you ever encourage them, then you cannot complain when they invade your privacy.
Just how does fame differ from celebrity or how to become famous? Well some individuals are famous, some are celebrities, and you have famous celebrities. Fame can be achieved in any sphere of life, medicine, and politics, sport all have their share of celebrities. Alexander Fleming, Winston Churchill, Steve Redgrave, all are famous in their own field, but only one could be remotely termed a celebrity.
The point is if you are famous when you are alive the chances are you will still be famous when you are dead. Equally, you might become famous after you have died and you'll remain famous thereafter.
Celebrity is actually a totally different matter. For celebrity read popular. Basically it is exactly what a celebrity is, someone that is popular. As everyone knows popularity can be very short lived. Individuals who win reality TV shows are popular (people voted for them), and in turn they become celebrities. The amount of time they remain a celebrity will then rely on their publicist and whoever else they pay to promote them.
As a final point we have famous celebrities. In the examples given earlier only Steve Redgrave could remotely be classed as a "famous celebrity" he has achieved his fame in rowing in the Olympics, and there's no question he is perceived as a celebrity. So you see if you want to know how to become a famous person and still have a normal life, find a cure for cancer rather than winning Big Brother.