George Clooney Quotes

When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double - it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don't really give them anything.

When you are a public personality, you can't afford to be a recluse.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

People see my modelling and see me getting papped all the time and don't really get to see me because I don't do much TV or whatever.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

You can go the route of not living your life at all - and a lot of actors do that, where they just won't even go out of the house at all - but it makes life so unenjoyable. You can't go out, you can't hold hands with your girlfriend, you can't do any of these things.

I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.

I walk out the house, and there's paparazzi. There's certain things I can't do if I wanted to date or go on a date. It's like, I have to worry about people taking pictures, and it's crazy.

When you are a public figure, relationships are a bit complicated.

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.

When you're in a position to be paparazzi-ed just walking down the street, you'd look a little daft if you were smiling all the time.

I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.

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

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

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.

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

The normal 21-year-old doesn't have to worry about their night out being put on TMZ.

On a serious level, I wouldn't tell the press if I was in a relationship or not. I wouldn't ever reveal that, because it takes you down a certain road... I have no desire to be courting the press with my love life.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

I didn't read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity.

I really don't like people that go on about getting followed around, I don't like it - there are people in the industry that don't want to take everything that comes with it. I take it all.

You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.