Gilbert Gottfried Quotes

I've grown up in the press my entire life.

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

People have always been obsessed by celebrities. There are just more outlets and opportunities to make a living exploiting that obsession nowadays.

Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.

If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.

I pretty much grew up in public.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian would have left little more than lipstick stains in their passing had it not been for the sex videos that lofted them into reality-TV notoriety. Once notoriety has warmed into familiarity, celebrity itself becomes one big 'Brady Bunch' reunion, or a therapy session with Dr. Drew.

When you get into the public eye, one day, you're kind of unknown, and the next day, you have people in your bushes waiting to take a picture of you.

I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.

I hated working red carpets, I hated the whole celebrity interview process. I just realized I'd rather be the person somebody wanted to ask questions to than the person asking the questions.

All the Kardashians care about is the media, money, and being on camera.

I'm far happier now than when it seemed I was on the cover of every magazine in the land.

You can seek out a lot of publicity if you want, depending on your choices. A lot of major celebrities don't have paparazzi following them.

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

I never wanted to be famous and live my life in the glare of publicity.

Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don't know at all can just be like, 'Oh my God - are you Billie?'

Everyone's trying to get a reality show, and we're just trying to avoid accidentally being on a reality show.