Phil Donahue Quotes

It's weird to have people just calling me Prince Charming in the street. It's a lot of pressure to walk around sometimes.

I walk into a restaurant, and people stare as though I've just landed from another planet. Every time I walk out in public, it's like the alien freak show has arrived. It does have its advantages. I hardly ever get bothered by the paparazzi, probably because of some of the more edgy characters I've played in movies.

I am not comfortable at all with this tag of being dubbed 'the richest Indian' and all the attention that follows for the reason.

I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it. That's if I'm in the mood - sometimes I get superbummed.

Standing by myself, just having everybody looking at me the entire time, is not my idea of a good time.

I'm always awkward when someone recognizes me.

I still get very uncomfortable and flushed on the street if somebody recognizes me or stops me. I don't know what to say. It's uncomfortable and strange.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

I actually find it really hard to deal with people looking up to me or being interested in wanting a picture.

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

I don't like a lot of attention. That's kind of who I am at heart. So I see everything, the people circulating around me and a lot of people know me - it kind of feels like a heavy weight sometimes.

I don't go to the mall a lot 'cause girls scream and run at me, and I get shy.

Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.

But, you know, it's still a drag to get your picture taken when you're eating a sandwich. It's a downer.

Sometimes I wish I didn't have somebody in my family who's in the business.

I've learned to hate it when the cameras are pointed at me.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?

I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.

I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat wearer.

I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me.

I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.

I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.