Jasmin Bhasin Quotes

It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.

My whole life is controversy. What can I do? I'm like Britney Spears!

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

Rumours are a part and parcel of being an actor, and I am okay with that.

There are a lot of French actresses who just hate me now. I've made enemies.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

I'm young: I've lived my life in the public eye, and I've had to figure out how to do that.

It wasn't easy navigating publicity when I started, because I grew up with 'being famous,' and I'm just not into it, and I guess defensiveness gets read into that. And I didn't get an easy ride at the beginning.

Being in the public eye puts you in a fix, and people are always wanting to know what you are up to.

When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises.

It's hard being in the public eye.

There are a lot of people who want to be famous nowadays: singers, actors and, you know, it's like a roller-coaster. And when you are very sensitive - I'm very sensitive - you have to be very strong... You have to just not pay attention to the people who hate you, you know?

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop.

Being in the public eye, there will always be negatives. Those dark aspects will always be there and, so too, those things that will try and tear you down, but I have made the choice not to engage with them. I'm not going to let them affect me or destroy me.

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

I was quiet for a year but I had 4,000 articles written about me.

When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.

People like rumors. They're going to say things like, 'You was at the club with Lil' Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.' You can't get upset. You've got to keep hope alive.

'Ugly Betty' has been four years of my life, important adolescent years. I think that all I've really known was getting pampered and interviewed and getting my picture taken.

Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.