Robert Smith Quotes

I don't want to be in the public eye so much that you reach the point where everyone has an opinion about you.

I wouldn't like to be that famous, I value my privacy. Mind you, Miss Piggy enjoys every moment of it. If it were not for me, she would spend all her time in the limelight.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around.

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

I say to the paparazzi, 'Fellas, take your shot and go.' It's just they usually find me on a beach.

I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.

I enjoy the work; I just don't like the glamour side of it. I find that very difficult to handle.

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

For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

I always laugh at people who strive to be famous because all you do is get mithered to death by everyone.

It was like that for the first six months after 'E.T.' was in cinemas. I'd go out and get mobbed. I was a shy kid, and being approached by adults all the time just freaked me out.

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.

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

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

I don't know if I'd wanna be in the limelight.

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.

I know some players like being the centre of attention and I admit that when I first became a player I liked fame, too. But that feeling lasted only for three months. Then I realised what it was really like to be the centre of attention all the time. It isn't all good.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

I think L.A. is impossible. There's just too much media focus. You can't live a normal life.