Chris Martin Quotes

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

But I don't want to be out there anymore; I don't want people asking me about my health issues, about my kids. I choose not to be a public paparazzi girl on purpose.

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.

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.

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

It's part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what's been printed about me.

As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double - it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don't really give them anything.

Looking at the Obamas, they have a lot to manage with their children and having Michelle go out and have everybody comment on what she was wearing, what it means. I think you have to create a pretty large private world to live in.

It is hard to manage a personal life when everything you do is amplified in the public media.

I think there's a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities.

I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.

I don't like to be always in the press, or on television or always be on seen. It is not how I like to lead my life.

My life in the spotlight has cost me a lot.

I feel fame shouldn't necessarily get me going, but I understand it is part of the job. Sometimes, it is inconvenient and unnecessarily imposing in your personal life.

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.

I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.