Doris Kearns Goodwin Quotes

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?

I don't want to be known as the guy who always takes his shirt off... I've done a lot of photo shoots lately for the press coming up with 'Immortals' and 'Breaking Dawn,' and every photographer wants to get the topless shot. We've really had to be choosy and not do that for every magazine. I've actually been trying to keep my clothes on more.

Some people think, if you're in the public eye, that you have to have an answer for everything and it has to be boring.

My New Year's resolution is to make sure I genuflect appropriately before the Chicago media on everything I do.

The press regularly proclaims my ambitions and my financial demands.

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

The strange thing is, no matter what, when you become some kind of public figure, you have your go-to answers for all scenarios and instances.

If you talk about your personal life to the press, you can't be mad at them when they start talking about you, because you invited them in.

You can't ask the press to service you with everything that they have and not expect some of the other stuff in return if you're going to live your life like I have.

I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press.

The press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famous you have to put up with this kind of stuff.

I'm envious of people that can handle the press. No matter what I say or how articulately I say it, it always comes back to the same issues. And it's getting kind of old.

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

If the press see you looking normal they can suddenly be 'oh, she's got a spot on her face, she's having a bad day'. That can be quite cruel.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

The press have given me affairs I've never had and killed a few I did have. After a while, you learn.

A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician.

And certainly don't get caught by the press having too much to drink, you now, that sort of thing.

I want to be the kind of actress where, if I'm in the press, I'm in for the right reasons - for my work. To be in the press about family drama is kind of embarrassing.

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

I couldn't stand people writing about me the way I write about politicians.

Don’t do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of the Washington Post.

How can you govern if you always have to feed the news cycle?