John Waters Quotes

There is nothing about me that I wouldn't want anyone to know, but there is a part of me that I do want to keep private and personal just because that is what's going to keep me sane in the long run - making sure people don't know my every move.

I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private.

People deal with grief in many different ways. And some people in show business parade their relationships around like an accessory, and others like to keep it separate from business and commerce. It's perfectly fine to say, 'I actually don't want to talk about my love because that's not part of the fantasy world I created in commerce.'

You need your private space.

As Miss Universe, I made a huge effort to keep at least some areas of my life to myself.

The less I give of myself to the public, the less I can be hurt.

I feel like I'm kind of an obvious person. I like to keep some things in my life sacred, like keep the sacred, sacred. Apart from that part of my life, I'm a very open person.

There is a tendency to want to isolate a little bit, from people that might look at me from a fan position, because it's hard to be a real person around them, and I really want that when I'm not out on tour and in that sort of public eye.

I'm pretty private as a person - people generally think they know more about me than they do, because I gregariously advertise what I want known. So it pains me to think people might feel they have an insight into my personal matters, which they most certainly do not.

I'm a private person, I'm shy about people knowing things. And I'm really shy about my medical (care). It would be good if I could just go and heal and then when I decided to go out, it would be okay. It seems that there are areas that should be off-limits.

I know when things feel a little, like, intrusive and when they don't. I don't have a lot to hide. But I do sometimes think, don't share everything.

I try to be authentic - but at the same time I don't really want people prying into my personal life.

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

I don't know... I don't want people to know everything about me.

There is a big difference between what I do onstage and what I do in my private life. I don't put my living room on magazine pages.

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.

I find sharing intimate details with people that you don't know an interesting concept. I like to keep some things to myself.

I try to keep my private life kind of private.

As actors we give so much of ourselves away so I like to keep my personal life to myself.

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.

There are big parts of my life that I don't share. I don't share myself eating dinner with my family. I don't talk about who I'm dating. That's private; that's me.

I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.

I love what I do, but I never want to OD on celebrity.

If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom.