I had never really planned that I will host reality shows. I just took up some offers that came my way. But reality shows are a good platform to showcase talent. They help one become a household name in a matter of few days.
Look at 'American Idol,' which I don't look at. Those winners haven't become household names except for Jennifer Hudson, and she was a reject. You can't aim to be a household name. You just have to be successful.
Richelle Mead's 'Vampire Academy' saga is set to be the next young adult paranormal series to become a household name.
All of my friends in the business ask, 'Why is this woman not a star? Why is she not a household name?'
Am I a household name? I still can't get my head around that.
Once we got to the race track, everybody called me Bubba - we created a brand around it. Now it's become a household name.
My goal is to be a household name, and when I do that, I want to help other girls become models, and maybe even launch a fashion line with my mom, like Beyonce did with her mother. My mom has such a good eye, and it's always been a dream of hers.
Ballykissangel' made me a household name, and I am enormously grateful for that, but I don't feel it would ever have developed me into a better actress had I stayed.
I am the first to admit that I have never been a household name.
The man the world knew as Billy Graham was always 'Daddy' to me. I was well into my teens before I fully comprehended that my father had a household name and a worldwide ministry.