在这部我要成名剧情/喜剧片中,潘家辉（刘青云饰）其实也走红过，他曾经是十几年前电影金像奖最佳新人奖得主。然而世事变幻，加上他性格锋利，在圈内的发展每况愈下。失意落魄之时，竟有新人吴晓菲（霍思燕饰）当他是无敌尊师，还拜师学艺。吴晓菲纵然受尽新人的委屈，演戏亦任劳任怨，感动得潘家辉终于收之为徒弟，成为其经纪人。
师徒日夕相对，感情渐厚。吴晓菲慢慢成长的演技，为她带来的第一部戏却是三级片，还要远赴日本。她的事业将走向何方，和潘家辉搁浅的感情又该怎么办。最后成名的是潘家辉，还是吴晓菲，是皆大欢喜，抑或是两败俱伤？
Fai, a talented actor who has won the Best New Artist of the Hong Kong Film Awards and always plays leading roles in television, is an arrogant guy who does not cherish the opportunities given to him. As he keeps on criticizing his co-workers, his career and popularity gradually deteriorates. He is not offered leading roles anymore and has to take the parts of villains and rapers. Finally, he has even lost his job in the TV station. Fai becomes extremely depressed, but a twist of fate makes him become an agent for extras. As Fai gives pointers to a young girl named Fei, who truly loves acting, he regains his own enthusiasm towards acting and life.
浪漫都是咬着后槽牙才能遇见的。我的黑马王子，你如愿等于我如愿．。《我要成名》，你就是自己的最佳主角。影片的好结局。《我要成名》哀工業之不幸。为你喝彩。谁不想成名呢？。明星自古如名将，人间不许见白头。影帝无用。你是个演员。
