Manny Pacquiao Quotes

I'm famous, so I can't, like, really walk around in malls and stuff like that. I don't really have as much privacy.

It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.

I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

One thing I don't personally like is not having that privacy I used to have. Being able to do whatever I wanted to do without people recognizing me. That makes me watch what I'm doing more carefully. I'm not going to be acting no fool.

I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.

I'm just a normal girl who really enjoys her job, and so you have to take the other things that come with being in the public eye.

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

Being on 'Idol,' you have no choice but to be an open book.

When you suddenly appear on the scene and you are the new face, everything centers on you. I experienced this in my mid-20s and I found it rather hard.

I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

It wasn't very easy getting used to being famous. Everybody stared at me in the supermarket and on the street. I think my life changed, for sure.

Growing up in the public eye isn't easy.

I have to pay a huge price to express myself. You get people asking to take photos all the time; you can't ride the subway... I still ride the subway, but there's always people sneaking photos or coming up to you.

I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'

Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.

The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am.

There's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through. Back then, when a movie came out and people saw you on the street, their reaction was so supercharged that it was scary. It would frighten other people. It used to really rattle me. I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.

I never enjoyed being famous.

There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.

I don't want my personal life to change. I don't understand why people strive for fame. I know it's ironic for me to be saying this, but this will be the last one I do.

Popularity has a bright side, it unlocks many doors. But the truth is that I don't like it very much because it changes the private life into a very small thing.