Robert Hilburn Quotes

About my books, that's all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private.

I can't comment on any outside perception. I'm happy to come out and talk about movies that I've worked on in a setting like this. Otherwise, I have my own life that I live which is very different and private.

It's interesting how much people long to fill in the gaps when someone in the public eye doesn't share their personal life. I understand their frustration.

While I accept that there are certain things about my private life that will always be of interest to the public, it would be better if you give the same amount of attention to issues that matter as well.

A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once, then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further. So, I just keep my private life to myself.

I understand why people might be interested. But I just don't talk about my personal life. It's a decision I made a long time ago, before I ever even knew anyone would be interested in my personal life.

No one's personal life is in the public interest. It's gossip, bottom line. End of story.

Even rock stars are entitled to privacy.

I never talk about my wife: we're both in public professions but we try to keep our private life private.

It's really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She's an amazing actress, but you see what happens when people know too much about your personal life. They start not being able to look at you the same way professionally. I don't want that to happen to me.

I don't really comment on my personal life because I feel like any comment at all is opening up a whole can of worms. I'd just rather not talk about who I'm dating.

I never talk about my private life. When you're in this business it becomes so precious. I don't understand when people open up about themselves to the press.

If you're a public figure, people have the right to speculate and gossip.

For most of my life, I deliberately led a private life in the public eye.

It is hard to manage a personal life when everything you do is amplified in the public media.

American newspapers disregard principles to seize on people, following them into their private lives and laying bare their weaknesses and their vices.

I wouldn't want anything on my personal life making its way into the public domain.

My love life has never been of interest to people. Of course I have a love life; I have a real life outside of show business.

It's nice to know that people are so interested in my life. But I have never shared anything with the media. I like to keep quiet.

I think now we just know way too much about our celebrities. It's not that interesting when you know that much about people.

It is my conviction that movie stars are not entitled to any rights of privacy.

New Yorkers are tired of hearing about my personal life.

Being in the public eye, you can't really avoid a lot of questions. A lot of questions are being thrown at you, whether it's about your personal life or your personal beliefs, and I'm happy to answer them all.

Acting job can create a fantasy or stereotype for others. That's why we try not to show our personal lives so much.