Patricia Arquette Quotes

People are really terrified of me. I don't know why, I'm very nice, but people are very intimidated by me.

After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.

I still get weirded out when people recognise me.

The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.

How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?

I walk into a restaurant, and people stare as though I've just landed from another planet. Every time I walk out in public, it's like the alien freak show has arrived. It does have its advantages. I hardly ever get bothered by the paparazzi, probably because of some of the more edgy characters I've played in movies.

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

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

What's awful about being famous and being an actress is when people come up to you and touch you. That's scary, and they just seem to think it's okay to do it, like you're public property.

I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.

I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me.

Fans are afraid to meet me. They're sort of afraid for their lives and won't look me in the eye.

I don't go to the mall a lot 'cause girls scream and run at me, and I get shy.

So many people are on television that don't know me, and they're like experts on me.

When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don't know why.

I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings?

It's weird to have people just calling me Prince Charming in the street. It's a lot of pressure to walk around sometimes.

I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me.

I think it's so strange that certain people think they know you because you've been in a film. It's very flattering, but it's also very scary.

If I walk in the street in Korea, I am recognized.

Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

I'm not a public figure at all. I don't really go out a lot to places where there are people like those who sit at the bottom of your driveway.

It is troublesome sometimes when people get up in your face in public, you know? And say, 'How could you, how dare you?' Well, they don't know me.

It's difficult to talk to people... I walk into a room and I'm Danielle Steel, and whatever I say is going to be taken apart.