LaMarcus Aldridge Quotes

First of all, we were never not speaking. It's gotten so blown out of proportion. It was a very straightforward difference of opinion. I think because we were so private and refused to talk about it, these stories just got out of control.

People will hear one thing and just run with it.

Things definitely got out of perspective.

A lot of beefs in the music industry are caused from miscommunication and just not really understanding what's going on, having people in your ear saying this is what somebody did, or this is what somebody did to you.

I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.

My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am.

I had called her up a couple of weeks before then, because I had heard this vicious rumour that she did not like the movie. It was very upsetting for me. I am very sensitive to that, because I am portraying her life and did not want her to be unhappy.

After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.

The problem I have with making an intelligent statement is that some people then think it's not an isolated occurrence.

Those who think they know me are simply lacking in information.

Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning - going down and finding out that everything I had said, the essence of what I had said, was wrong.

In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact.

To people who don't know me I'm defined by a number of things that people know about me that are entirely untrue.

The 'Celeb Juice' job was never mine - people just guessed - but it was quite funny to watch the rumours.

Social media can blow anything out of proportion.

People take everything out of proportion. Everybody loves to stir something. If you listen to everything you hear, there's a lot of different directions you'd be leaning.

There have been occasions when some people have taken me very seriously.

I feel like people believe I'm thinking a different thing than I am because I have this look about me.

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.

I stopped doing interviews for a long time because the words were mine, but they were in the wrong order. Context is a very important thing - a lot of the things I say aren't serious, and so to remove the laughter does me no favours.

People take the little bit of information they're fed, and they draw a picture of who you are. Most of the time, it's wrong.

I have always been misunderstood.

I learned how quickly I could go from having never met someone to having the world think I'm dating them.