Yi So-Yeon Quotes

One thing I don't personally like is not having that privacy I used to have. Being able to do whatever I wanted to do without people recognizing me. That makes me watch what I'm doing more carefully. I'm not going to be acting no fool.

I know I am in a band that is famous, and my private life is famous. I get it, and it's fine. Even when I grew up in a village, people wanted to know who was going to the dance with whom, and I understand, but I think if I engage with it too much, it won't be that healthy.

When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.

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

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.

I like pubs too, but it's hard for me to go and get proper bladdered in the way I used to. I don't want to moan about being recognised but I do get a bit of grief sometimes.

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.

It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.

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 think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings?

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.

As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal 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 guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No.

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

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

I don't really want to find myself face-to-face with 10,000 paparazzi. I just want to be comfortable.

I never used to get photographed and people asking for autographs. I don't mind the autographs, but the paparazzi I find weird. As an actor, you want to be able to regard the world instead of having it regard you.

And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.

I don't go on that many dates, because the truth is, anytime you go out in public with a girl when you're well-known, there are pictures of you everywhere, and it's like you're a thing.

I think there's a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities.

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door.

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.