Emily Mortimer Quotes

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

I have no ego investment in being on the air. I don't knock others for whom that kind of attention is like oxygen, but I don't miss anything about it.

I don't call up the press and say, 'Look at me!'

I'm not a publicity hound. I don't care about being on the cover of 'GQ' or 'Vanity Fair.'

Any of us in the public eye must remember: Never, ever believe your own press, and pray to develop a hypersensitive gag reflex regarding your own importance.

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think it's important whether I'm good copy or not. The two can go together, if that's your personality, but every person on this earth is unique.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.

I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

Some people call me a publicity hound.

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

Awards shows mainly publicize the people giving the awards.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!

I don't want to be famous for being famous.

I have no interest in being a celebrity. I wouldn't go to anything that I wasn't involved in just for the sake of wearing a nice frock and having my picture taken. That part of the business doesn't make me feel very comfortable.

You know, I Google search my own name because I'm so self-obsessed!

I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion.