Julia Roberts Quotes

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.

Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.

For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

Celebrity damages private life.

All this focus on my private life is the most unappealing aspect of being an actor. I don't like it, but it goes with the territory, and I have to put up with it. I certainly don't set out to attract attention.

It is kinda strange when people know exactly where I've been because they saw it in the newspaper. But this is the culture we live in now, where people are interested in what you're doing on holiday, so we have to just basically accept it.

Now I kind of have to watch where I go. I can't just wear whatever when I go out because somebody might want to take a picture. People are, like, taking pictures of me in my car when I'm driving. It's crazy. I kind of hate it sometimes.

It's hard being in the public eye.

The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but I'm not complaining!

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

I meet people who are famous, and it's made me realise that fame has huge lifestyle disadvantages. I'm nervous about that. I don't want to become a celebrity.

The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.

Indian celebrities have the media and fans permanently outside their homes, and that would make me really uncomfortable.

It's a strange environment, being hounded. The paparazzi are cretins.

Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before.

I think I've ignored it so much so that when the paparazzi are following me I really don't see them. You don't see them anymore.

From the moment I walked into the White House, it was as if I had no privacy at all.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

Being followed is weird, that people want to discuss where I ate lunch or what I wear when I go to lunch... the private life is just gone.

It's weird to have people so interested in your personal life. It's a part of the business that grosses me out. I'm always bummed out for people who just happen to be dating a celebrity, and they're also famous, and they can't live their life.

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

In some ways, I always thought you're better off behaving like a rock star when you're a normal person. Because if you do it as a rock star, you'll end up in the papers and your life will be made a misery.