Tom Stoppard Quotes

I don't think it's good for anyone to be in the public light - for negative reasons.

It's difficult to feel that people are looking at you in the street. I don't like the fuss.

I don't want to be in the news for anything negative.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.

Being on TV brings a sort of attention in high school that can be negative sometimes. People, immediately they're going to have that in their back pocket. If they don't like you, they're going to be able to pull that out and throw it in your face.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

It's really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about anywhere you go and that it's not going to be in a positive way.

As a result of my husband's position, there is newfound media attention to my every move. I did not imagine this level of scrutiny, but I understand it is now part of my life.

The media attention - the negative, in particular - it makes you a different person.

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

Jesse Jackson is a master of the old expression that it doesn't matter what someone says about you as long as they spell your name right.

As I've become older and more self-conscious, I'm more aware of films and the film industry. I'm sure you've seen that, but the publicity, the public side of this world is pretty scary to me.

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone's got a free range for you.

I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.

It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like - you remember the honor guards, only it was a dishonor guard.

Some girls love to go to the airport and have 50 paparazzi on them. I go to the airport and have a mental breakdown.

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.

There was a massive poster of me down my road, right outside the chip shop. I was about to go in, but then I saw it and changed my mind. Me coming out with a bag of chips, while I'm up there doing crunches on the poster... well, it would not look good.

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

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

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.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.