I’ve come to the conclusion that being famous makes you a bad person. That way I’m never let down or surprised.
I think it's mostly correlation not causation. If you
want to be famous, you're probably a self-absorbed asshole. Sure, the ego boost of becoming famous affects a lot of people negatively, but honestly I think that most of these people were assholes to start with.
Some people just want to do their craft as well as possible, and fame and public exposure is an unfortunate side effect. For most though, fame is the goal, and whatever they make is secondary. Fuck that.