Paul Hollywood Quotes

I don't enjoy being recognised. It's unpleasant.

It took me a good decade of hiding in my house and not going outside to even, like, get my arms around this idea of celebrity, where suddenly people are looking for you to pick your nose or get a shot of you kissing some woman. It's a very discombobulating thing.

I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.

I never care about myself out in public when I get the paparazzi swarming me.

I was in Tower Records in San Francisco a few weeks ago, buying some cassettes, and a couple of people recognized me and ran up with albums, and I just wanted to cover my face and have a seizure or something. I want people to just go away.

I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.

I hate being recognised on nights out.

I hate going into a room with people in it and the feeling of them staring. I find every moment excruciating.

I say no to photographs. When people take my picture, I feel like they've taken a piece of me, and I can't get that back. It's soul-draining.

I get very uncomfortable with people watching me.

No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life.

I know when I go outside, there'll be a van or two and they'll probably follow us four out of seven days a week, trying to get something. But I'm just going across town and I know they're just wasting their day, so it doesn't bother me anymore.

I hate having my picture taken.

I do get clocked. But it's not invasive to the point where it's upsetting. It doesn't encroach.

I wouldn't like my fans going through my rubbish.

I don't go to places where I'm going to get mobbed.

Your home should be your home. People shouldn't be allowed to use whatever crazy lenses they use to catch you waking up in the morning.

I don't mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That's all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.

I don't like having my space invaded.

I'm usually too shy to write on planes because I assume that everyone on board is as nosy as I am and will look over my shoulder and read what I'm writing.

I just don't feel comfortable anymore with the kind of attention that I'm getting. It's purely the numbers of people that want a bit of the Cure or want a bit of me.

It's difficult to feel that people are looking at you in the street. I don't like the fuss.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.