Comments on: Let Fame http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/ Blessays, blogs and blisquisitions Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: nonoyesyes http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-9/#comment-19390 nonoyesyes Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:57:55 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-19390 Yet another --- shld read QUIT of course! Yet another — shld read QUIT of course!

]]> By: nonoyesyes http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-9/#comment-19388 nonoyesyes Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:54:58 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-19388 Ops! I left out a rather vital piece there.. it should read "in the event that you do decide to quite Twitter... goodbye etc.... Oh dear me! (sorry about that and about the dreadful typos! ) x Ops! I left out a rather vital piece there.. it should read “in the event that you do decide to quite Twitter… goodbye etc….
Oh dear me!
(sorry about that and about the dreadful typos! )

x

]]> By: nonoyesyes http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-9/#comment-19386 nonoyesyes Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:28:51 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-19386 Next month it will be a year since I first wrote on your "Let Fame" blog! Amazing how time has leapt forward! Today I buy the Sydney Morning Herald and tip out the television pgm for the week "The Guide"... and what do I find?! An artical written by Michael Idato, with an interview between yourself and Mr Idato. This interesting interview covers such things as the difference between who you are and who you become when "on stage" as it were, the series Kingdom which just aired on Australian televison this weekend and some interesting insights into the effects of fame via the well worn track of Twitter..... I was deeply moved by what came out during the interview. It made me realise that being on Twitter must be an enormous pressure to "perform" on many different levels because it includes the personal stuff too, which is left alone comparatively when "on stage". That this would begin to interrupt the peaceful existance of one such as yourself becomes clear to see. I almost felt guilty for wanting to follow you on twitter ~ after all, you are the reason in total of why I went onto twitter in the first place, and I sincerely doubt I'd be `into' it at all if you weren't there! Having said that.... it does make me extraordinarily unhappy to think that this twitter experience might be causing such stress on your fine self. I know it's a Moral Sin to come here and write to you but I have no other way of getting things off my chest when it comes to such things! Its not like I have email addresses or whatever! So I hope you won't mind too much that I have voiced my thoughts here. I suppose it would possibly be even logical under the circumstances if you were to give up twitter for your own sake! Survival and all that! I will say goodbye here and try very hard to not bother you any more with writing upon your blog page. I know it's a bit of a cheek and I fully expect this to be deleted El Pronto too. Goodbye dear Stephen Fry of Twitter personage... I have enjoyed the contact so much and wish you all the very best of everything from here on out.... Love nahatsu Next month it will be a year since I first wrote on your “Let Fame” blog! Amazing how time has leapt forward!
Today I buy the Sydney Morning Herald and tip out the television pgm for the week “The Guide”… and what do I find?!
An artical written by Michael Idato, with an interview between yourself and Mr Idato. This interesting interview covers such things as the difference between who you are and who you become when “on stage” as it were, the series Kingdom which just aired on Australian televison this weekend and some interesting insights into the effects of fame via the well worn track of Twitter…..
I was deeply moved by what came out during the interview.
It made me realise that being on Twitter must be an enormous pressure to “perform” on many different levels because it includes the personal stuff too, which is left alone comparatively when “on stage”.

That this would begin to interrupt the peaceful existance of one such as yourself becomes clear to see.
I almost felt guilty for wanting to follow you on twitter ~ after all, you are the reason in total of why I went onto twitter in the first place, and I sincerely doubt I’d be `into’ it at all if you weren’t there!
Having said that…. it does make me extraordinarily unhappy to think that this twitter experience might be causing such stress on your fine self.

I know it’s a Moral Sin to come here and write to you but I have no other way of getting things off my chest when it comes to such things!
Its not like I have email addresses or whatever!

So I hope you won’t mind too much that I have voiced my thoughts here.
I suppose it would possibly be even logical under the circumstances if you were to give up twitter for your own sake! Survival and all that!

I will say goodbye here and try very hard to not bother you any more with writing upon your blog page. I know it’s a bit of a cheek and I fully expect this to be deleted El Pronto too.

Goodbye dear Stephen Fry of Twitter personage… I have enjoyed the contact so much and wish you all the very best of everything from here on out….

Love nahatsu

]]> By: ynattirbwad http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-8/#comment-15774 ynattirbwad Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:11:26 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-15774 I guess dealing with Fame is similar to dealing with being a mom (especially during childbearing years)-- The photographers are like the kids constantly hounding you for food, attention, anything to make them happy. Friends are interesting... mostly conversations with three year olds, and then one sided conversations with older kids--only one syllable answers to your questions. And the comments from some people--"Isn't time you had a baby?" "Are you pregnant yet?" And then the CONSTANT questions when I am pregnant-- "Are you still pregnant?" "How much longer?" "You look like you are going to pop!" What am I to say to that? What kind of replies do I have? Every day I get those comments for nine months. And then after that... more questions. At least you don't have someone touching your belly, and THEN asking... "Is it okay if I feel your baby?" I guess dealing with Fame is similar to dealing with being a mom (especially during childbearing years)–
The photographers are like the kids constantly hounding you for food, attention, anything to make them happy.
Friends are interesting… mostly conversations with three year olds, and then one sided conversations with older kids–only one syllable answers to your questions.
And the comments from some people–”Isn’t time you had a baby?” “Are you pregnant yet?”
And then the CONSTANT questions when I am pregnant– “Are you still pregnant?” “How much longer?” “You look like you are going to pop!” What am I to say to that? What kind of replies do I have? Every day I get those comments for nine months. And then after that… more questions.
At least you don’t have someone touching your belly, and THEN asking… “Is it okay if I feel your baby?”

]]> By: Ambition, Destiny & Fame « Wellsenkind http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-8/#comment-15621 Ambition, Destiny & Fame « Wellsenkind Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:57:33 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-15621 [...] through mass consumption. In such a socity, fame is the only thing we can truly be ambitious for. Stephen Fry also writes at length about fame, which makes for some interesting reading if you have the [...] [...] through mass consumption. In such a socity, fame is the only thing we can truly be ambitious for. Stephen Fry also writes at length about fame, which makes for some interesting reading if you have the [...]

]]> By: Lord Rockingham http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-8/#comment-15593 Lord Rockingham Tue, 12 May 2009 11:04:04 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-15593 Just watched Stephen's wonderful verbal demolishing of the whole tawdry MPs expenses shanannigins. Quite right too, we have a tabloid press that positively deify footballers earning obscene amounts of money -completely out of scale to the man on the terraces-yet get out of our pram over MPs. When exactly were they ever a quasi-religious order? Just watched Stephen’s wonderful verbal demolishing of the whole tawdry MPs expenses shanannigins. Quite right too, we have a tabloid press that positively deify footballers earning obscene amounts of money -completely out of scale to the man on the terraces-yet get out of our pram over MPs. When exactly were they ever a quasi-religious order?

]]> By: Hummingbird Mentality » Blog Archive » Worst Interview Eva’ http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-8/#comment-15585 Hummingbird Mentality » Blog Archive » Worst Interview Eva’ Sat, 09 May 2009 13:57:33 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-15585 [...] an interesting glimpse behind the other side of the lens, check out this weeks blog post from the ever wonderful Stephen [...] [...] an interesting glimpse behind the other side of the lens, check out this weeks blog post from the ever wonderful Stephen [...]

]]> By: FryQI http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-8/#comment-15567 FryQI Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:15:03 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-15567 .............You'll have to excuse the grammer in above post as I'm a little bit wet round the eye area!! :( but :) too xx ………….You’ll have to excuse the grammer in above post as I’m a little bit wet round the eye area!! :( but :) too xx

]]> By: FryQI http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-8/#comment-15565 FryQI Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-15565 Dear,dear Stephen (huge sigh) I have just read,and read again your letter to your younger self. I can't honestly remember when I last felt so over whelmed with emotion.I cried for most of it,feeling for the boy that was,yet so so happy to read that, the present day you,is happy with his life.I do hope this true as out of most people you deserve this more than most.You have never thrust your sexuality in the face of the public,nor have you hidden it,and quite rightly so.To be in love is a wonderful thing,to love someone else is truly a joy,but to love who you are and the life you live must be the most wonderful,amazing emotion in the world,I wish I could feel like that,even if only on rare occasion.I have often sat and thought about you and you life and wondered,hoped and prayed that someone like you wasn't lonely or sad,there are a few characters in this world,who, to be perfectly honest with you,I hope are lonely,but these are the peadophiles,rapists and terrorists of this earth. So I'm writing to tell you that your letter moved me incredibly,and I hope that I never have to think of such a,warm,kind considerate,funny,brilliant,etc etc human being as yourself feeling lonely anymore. (p.s,not that you would,but...You know where to find me and I would come running to lend the proverbial shoulder to weep on. Yours as always, Zoe FryQI Dear,dear Stephen (huge sigh)
I have just read,and read again your letter to your younger self.
I can’t honestly remember when I last felt so over whelmed with emotion.I cried for most of it,feeling for the boy that was,yet so so happy to read that, the present day you,is happy with his life.I do hope this true as out of most people you deserve this more than most.You have never thrust your sexuality in the face of the public,nor have you hidden it,and quite rightly so.To be in love is a wonderful thing,to love someone else is truly a joy,but to love who you are and the life you live must be the most wonderful,amazing emotion in the world,I wish I could feel like that,even if only on rare occasion.I have often sat and thought about you and you life and wondered,hoped and prayed that someone like you wasn’t lonely or sad,there are a few characters in this world,who, to be perfectly honest with you,I hope are lonely,but these are the peadophiles,rapists and terrorists of this earth.
So I’m writing to tell you that your letter moved me incredibly,and I hope that I never have to think of such a,warm,kind considerate,funny,brilliant,etc etc human being as yourself feeling lonely anymore.
(p.s,not that you would,but…You know where to find me and I would come running to lend the proverbial shoulder to weep on.
Yours as always,
Zoe FryQI

]]> By: Donomacs http://www.stephenfry.com/2007/09/27/let-fame/comment-page-8/#comment-15559 Donomacs Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:35:21 +0000 http://www.stephenfry.com/blog/?p=19#comment-15559 Very interesting. I had an experience of what fame might be like. I lived in Savannah Georgia where my accent alone could make a young girl giggle and blush (OK, one, maybe two). But people were interested in me, where was I from? what was I doing there?, did I know the Queen? I think one even asked for a photo. Point is I was a ‘someone’, or so I thought, and I found myself turning on a ridiculous Hugh Grant impersonation when I wanted to impress. I am not trying to compare myself to someone actually famous but I did get a buzz from the attention and I miss it now I am back in the UK. Of course I had to open my mouth to get a reaction, my casual attire of string vest, braces and knotted hanky were not enough to give away my Britishness. Being pestered none stop must be tough. I haven’t the courage to approach anybody famous. I attended an after-show party once (ooh, get me) at which I rather uncontrollable shouted (whilst pointing) "Branson" at Sir Richard Branson, not sure he noticed as it was busy, but I think his wife did – ah, the perils of a free bar and someone out of his depth. Anyhow, good to read about fame from someone famous, it's the other side of the story we 'Civilians' rarely hear. Very interesting. I had an experience of what fame might be like. I lived in Savannah Georgia where my accent alone could make a young girl giggle and blush (OK, one, maybe two). But people were interested in me, where was I from? what was I doing there?, did I know the Queen? I think one even asked for a photo. Point is I was a ‘someone’, or so I thought, and I found myself turning on a ridiculous Hugh Grant impersonation when I wanted to impress. I am not trying to compare myself to someone actually famous but I did get a buzz from the attention and I miss it now I am back in the UK. Of course I had to open my mouth to get a reaction, my casual attire of string vest, braces and knotted hanky were not enough to give away my Britishness. Being pestered none stop must be tough.

I haven’t the courage to approach anybody famous. I attended an after-show party once (ooh, get me) at which I rather uncontrollable shouted (whilst pointing) “Branson” at Sir Richard Branson, not sure he noticed as it was busy, but I think his wife did – ah, the perils of a free bar and someone out of his depth.

Anyhow, good to read about fame from someone famous, it’s the other side of the story we ‘Civilians’ rarely hear.

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