Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean series, Celebrity (2023):
“This is me. A celeb who can do these things with a single word, the top of the tops, at that. A power influencer.” – Seo Ari
“Just who are these people? What do they do that they can travel abroad every season and buy all these luxury brand items? Who are their parents, what do their spouses do, how rich must they be? How come they do nothing but eat, drink, and enjoy their lives every day? But one day I woke up and realized I had become one of them.” – Seo Ari
- “Doubting is mandatory, and believing is optional.” – Seo Ari
- “They’re just other’s lives you have nothing to do with.” – Seo Ari
- “You need to work on your performance instead of looking into other people’s lives.” – Seo Ari
- “Wealthy, good grades, and stylish. Everything A-ri wore, the whole school followed.” – Oh Min Hye
- “Who calls these days? It’s all DMs now.” – Yoon Jeong Sun
- “That was it. ‘Get famous’. Find a famous person and use them. Become a parasite.” – Seo Ari
“What we eat, wear, and buy. Our hobbies and the houses we live in. Who we meet and what we enjoy. Nowadays, we take a lot of selfies, too, don’t we? We all live in a world like this. Me, me, me!” – Seo Ari
“Making ourselves known and proving our worth is all we care about in this world. Sure, introducing yourself and getting to know others in that way is often called ‘connecting’. But is that really all there is to it? Do we really have no other desires and calculations behind these actions and choices?” – Seo Ari
“Why become an entertainer? This world allows literally anybody to turn any kind of attention into power, ability, and money. Haven’t you all dreamed about it? Living like them here? Becoming one of them? So we can mix in a bit of lies here and there. We just want to look richer than we are.” – Seo Ari
“What if you can turn your life from rags to riches using some tools and tricks of this world? What do you think? What if there is a way to stop being a pathetic pretender and actually become one of them?” – Seo Ari
- “A worthless human that tramples on others to feel their self-worth. Unaware that a human’s true self is exposed when they hit rock bottom, not when they’re climbing.” – Seo Ari
- “You have the ability to draw attention and that’s your potential.” – CEO Ju Seung Hyeok
- “She was going to throw it away, a dress that costs more than my life savings? – Seo Ari
- “What does it mean if a person doesn’t read my DM? Am I being ignored? Or do they not wanna talk to me?” – CEO Ju Seung Hyeok
“On or off, worlds full of humans are all the same.” – Seo Ari
“Followers. Number of people who know me and watch me. That’s what gives you power and let’s you make money.” – Seo Ari
“Here’s the real deal. Quality is as important as quantity. In other words, the number of famous people within my followers. The true rank in this world is determined by this, and this why everyone is so eager to network with the famous people.” – Seo Ari
“The word that excites people. The word that sometimes entrances people. The word that makes you feel like you’re the center of the world. But in reality, entraps everyone in a perfect delusion. Yes, that word. #LIKES” – Seo Ari
“The richest of the rich seem to value sincerity more than money. Perhaps it’s because they have more than enough money.” – Yoon Si Hyeon
“I don’t like likes, everyone. ‘You’re pretty, you’re my role model, you’re like a princess’. Please, don’t say those things to me. Unlike some people you know, simply put, I don’t need ‘an army of servants’ in my life.” – Seo Ari
“What’s so great about us that you would volunteer to be our handmaid? You’re not any less than us.” – Seo Ari
“Some people are dying to show off their happiness. How successful you are, how wealthy you are, how much love and attention you get. In this day and age, all of those become a source of admiration and envy.” – Seo Ari
- “A lot of people hated her and kept her in check because the truth is always unlikeable.” – Yoon Si Hyeon
- “These days, influencers are preferred over stars for marketing as well, because it is easy to see its effects.” – Marketing staff
- “She’s intriguing. Very amusing.” – CEO Ju Seung Hyeok
“Connecting with each other. What do you think all that is? The act of sharing thoughts and feelings in order to understand another human being or something like that? Nope, that’s wrong. A human can never understand another human being. One can only misunderstand each other.” – Seo Ari
- “You can’t make it alone in this world. Networking is everything.” – Angela
- “Being able to do stuff like this is what makes us the upper class.” – Angela
- “Why is life so exhausting for some people and too easy for others? How unfair is that?” – Netizen
- “Some are just born into all these things. All of those people, they had their successful future laid out for them, but they trample and look down on others as if they earned it.” – Netizen
“I thought that maybe I could achieve that. The things some people get as privilege or by cheating. I wanted to earn them proudly on my own.” – Seo Ari
- “Then again, who has true friends in this world?” – Hwang Yuri
- “Using that undeserving power of yours to trample, rob, boss around, and bully people? It’s all so immature, pitiful, and pathetic.” – Seo Ari
“Do you know what it means to be infatuated? You’re so bewitched and captivated by something that you just can’t think straight.” – Seo Ari
- “I decide how to go about my fights, how I fight, and how I win.” – Seo Ari
- “That’s how this world worked, and to succeed even more in this world. I took advantage of all the cheat codes I could use.” – Seo Ari
- “What our choices would bring forth, no one, not one person, could know.” – Seo Ari
“Have you ever thought to yourself that the world is a bit exhausting? Aren’t there way too many things to buy, eat, and do in this freaking world?” – Seo Ari
“Besides, more new things are flooding in, literally every single day. Are any of these actually necessary?” – Seo Ari
“Sadly, as we continue to watch all those things overflowing in our lives, we will find ourselves pondering like this, ‘Everyone is buying it. Maybe I should buy one for myself as well. Everyone is doing it. Maybe I should try it myself at least once.’ We will compare ourselves with others thinking, ‘What if I fall behind alone?'” – Seo Ari
“Spilling tea, secrets, fabrication. These provocative headlines on social media and the internet make us go crazy with excitement because there’s nothing more thrilling than to peek into others’ secret lives. Moreover, when the exposures are about the celebs on a roll, our curiosity only gets bigger.” – Seo Ari
“Nothing’s more entertaining than watching the hell someone else is in. This is all anonymous. This is social media. A world you can beat up anyone you want.”
- “The world’s teeming with people who can’t stand seeing others succeed.”
- “You were all watching the hell someone else was in. Were you thrilled? And even now, are you thrilled?” – Seo Ari
“All those hate comments tormenting me. Do you know how I endured it all? The hell you were peeking at while popping your popcorn, was like that. All I could do there was just wave my arms in desperation.” – Seo Ari
- “People who don’t even know me and yet hate me so much.” – Seo Ari
- “I know it’s shameless to say but I also liked you.” – Seo Ari
“I acted like I didn’t know. Not about how you felt but how I felt. Thinking that was how I could keep my dignity. I thought I’d be able to keep a rein in my heart that was moving towards you.” – Seo Ari
“Every choice in this world comes with its consequence. But a lot of people seem to be oblivious to that. Scratch that. It’s more like they try not to realize it since it makes their life easier not to know what they’ve actually done.” – Seo Ari
“We must be aware of our actions. We must know that we can’t escape from what we’ve done. And we must pay the price for the choices we’ve made. We shouldn’t avoid it and we cannot avoid it.” – Seo Ari
“Since this is the world we live in. A world where the smallest can be abused, and with it, someone can be brutally crushed. Power through authority, power through name, or power through anonymity.” – Seo Ari
“Yes, hateful comments by themselves are considered an act of violence that tramples on one’s character. We must not forget that it is undeniably a crime.”
“Was it exciting mocking and ruining people? Was it exhilarating because you knew they can’t fight back? People like you sure held a lot of power at your fingertips.” – Seo Ari
“I find this place rather sad than horrendous.” – Seo Ari
“People either know me very well or don’t know me at all. And yet they cheer for me or hate me.” – Seo Ari
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Synopsis: The world of popularity and “influencer culture” phenomenon among celebrities and the dark side that surrounds fame including money, power, desires, as well as fears and pains.
No of episodes: 12
Cast: Park Gyu-young, Kang Min-hyuk, Lee Chung-ah, Lee Dong-gun, Jun Hyo-seong
Writer: Kim Yi-young
Director: Kim Cheol-gyu
Network: Netflix
Date: June 30, 2023
Subtitle translation: Netflix
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