The way this thread is titled I though it was going to be about what you did to be a celebrity. Growing up in So. Cal. and traveling a lot for business I've met lots of famous people. Two of the ones I was most impressed with were Bill Sharp and Harry Markowitz. Anybody know why they are famous? If you don't you probably should.
My cousin had an entire episode of Oprah Winfrey dedicated to her as she was interviewed.
Most recently I've been on television twice. Several years ago I did a commercial and had a speaking part but the one thing I did where I was on TV the most and people noticed me was a dance show in the early 80's and I can't ever remember the name. Richard Blade from KROQ was the host. My date and I wore some very bright "new wave" clothes and we were filmed a lot. They used the video of us in dozens of shows and I had people for a couple of years say they saw me on TV.
Personally I'd love to be rich but don't care to ever be a celebrity.