Kate is an aspiring student writer, actress and Breakfast Show host, who knows theprice of fame. She was once famous for two seconds. Her thoughts, below, were first published on the online magazine, hackwriters.com. To visit it click here

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Andy Warhol started it off: "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes".

He didn't actually say we should be famous for at least fifteen minutes. But today many of us, and especially the under 25s, seem to think that seeking fame is our most important mission in life.

I wish Warhol were still alive today so he could add a desperate tag line to his quote: "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes – so please chill out a bit".

There are plenty of examples of people rushing to get their fair shares-worth of fame.

Of course there were all the Docusoaps. Together they must have dished out fame experiences to thousands of people. But it's not just the consenting driving instructors and airport staff. It was the people trying to dodge Maureen's horrendous driving, and the holidaymakers running away from Jeremy Spake's excess luggage fines. No one has to search too hard for his or her chance. Somewhere nearby there will be a Docusoap crisis ready to walk into, or an 'uncovered holiday destination' to fly away to, or a vox pop waiting for your opinion. It all goes to show that no-one needs to be desperate.

Someone should have told this to the 20,000 young adults who, on a rainy grey day in London recently, queued for hours for the chance to audition for a part in the teen soap, Hollyoaks.

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