Jocelyn Bell Burnell Quotes

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

Being a celebrity can be dangerous. Nobody says 'no.'

When you have had the kind of fame I had, I was always hounded by the media and I lived a very isolated life. Now it's even more difficult. The world has changed dramatically.

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

I look at Justin Bieber and my heart breaks for him, because I know what he's going to go through. He knows it. Everybody knows it.

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

When you see these people that are in the public eye all the time, it must get tiring.

Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.

Being on 'Idol,' you have no choice but to be an open book.

Being in the limelight has its minuses.

If you see yourself in the paper every day and people keep talking about you, you will have a little breakdown in yourself, too.

We talk about, 'Wow, thank God that we were out when we were, because it was much easier then.' There wasn't paparazzi following you every step of your day, every move you make.

No, I don't want to be a brand. Brand means I cannot go out for a quiet walk without tourists and fans constantly following me.

I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.

I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.

I don't like being a celebrity.

The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with.

There's some things you just have to live with. Like twelve cars camping outside your house, and when you wake up in the morning, they're going to follow you wherever you go. It helps that I live in Valencia. It eliminates some. But they're still here.

I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.

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.

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

I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs.

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.