Hugh Grant Quotes

I am not comfortable at all with this tag of being dubbed 'the richest Indian' and all the attention that follows for the reason.

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

I've seen beautiful actresses get spat at or just someone trying to get a rise out of them so they can get an extra hundred bucks for a photo. It's really rough.

What people don't realize is that fame, whatever your worst experience in high school, when you were being bullied by those ten kids in high school, fame is that, but on a global scale, where you're being bullied by millions of people constantly.

You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star.

Being on TV brings a sort of attention in high school that can be negative sometimes. People, immediately they're going to have that in their back pocket. If they don't like you, they're going to be able to pull that out and throw it in your face.

For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

I actually find it really hard to deal with people looking up to me or being interested in wanting a picture.

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

I was in Sweden for 10 days. They put me on the front page of the daily papers eight days in a row. I did nothing to warrant any of the attention. It was ridiculous.

Some girls love to go to the airport and have 50 paparazzi on them. I go to the airport and have a mental breakdown.

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.

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

Of course there have been times I regretted being the kid in 'E.T.' My world went completely crazy. I was that stupid kind of famous, where you can't go anywhere.

I'm in the public eye. I know I'm not going to be treated like a normal person walking down the street.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

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

When I was a kid, there was teasing in school. Then when I was a teenager on 'Days of Our Lives,' I certainly experienced hurtful comments from 'fans' of the show.