Akhil Akkineni Quotes

The curiosity of the public took the greatest toll on me of anything in politics

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

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.

That's probably fair to say that there is a certain amount of pressure to deliver your next role when you do have a fan base as potent as the 'Battlestar Galactica' family. There was certainly a lot of curiosity to all of us on that show - what are you going to do next? Where can we see you next? That was a question we got more often than not.

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.

When you become a mega-icon overnight, there's no way to keep that intensity continually going.

When you stay with Barcelona and are only 15 or 16, the people show you a lot of time, and you are in the newspaper every day. This sometimes is good, but sometimes this is bad.

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

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

It isn't easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.

I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.

The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

People actually really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy.

If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.

Of course, once you've been a Beatle, you're never really out of it. People always want to know what you're up to, and if you don't immediately tell 'em, that's when they start making stuff up.

That's the time that I enjoy: away from the cameras, away from the audience, the scenery of going out to eat and everybody's staring at me.

Growing up in any sort of spotlight is difficult. Everything is magnified.

I am not normally a fan of organised tours: few public figures are, feeling themselves objects of constant curiosity.

When I was finishing guys, the media was on me like crazy.

I'm supposed to be famous, but I don't think I like it so much.

When I began modelling I was completely unprepared for the onslaught of curiosity it carried with it.

To be brutally honest, when you win a title like Miss Universe, your entire life turns topsy-turvy for one year.

Being famous is a bit dangerous sometimes.

Sometimes there's too much noise about what's happening, but this is Barcelona - it is a big club. Sometimes people make more of things than they have to. We need to try to close the team away from all that noise outside.

I'm in the public eye.