Alan Davies Quotes

The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is when people that do drink, don't drink around me.

I don't like drinking, basically.

I felt so free in space, flying around and unrestrained by any social relationships, but my life since has changed a lot. Now I am extra-careful about what I say and do because everyone recognises me.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

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.

Bartending took the romanticism out of drinking.

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.

Drinking habits were very prevalent among men, and were not in any way disgraceful, unless excessive.

When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.

It pays to get drunk with the best people.

One thing I don't personally like is not having that privacy I used to have. Being able to do whatever I wanted to do without people recognizing me. That makes me watch what I'm doing more carefully. I'm not going to be acting no fool.

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 never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.

I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more.

We drink one another's health and spoil our own.

And certainly don't get caught by the press having too much to drink, you now, that sort of thing.

I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

I've got to keep my head out of trouble, because if it goes on, it would be 'Harry Potter boy this, Harry Potter boy that.'

Going out is the typical thing when you turn 18, but it's not really much fun when you have a recognisable face.

Drunkenness is the Touch Stone by which they try every man; and he that cannot or will not drink, has a mark set upon Him. He is abused behind his Back. He is hurt in his Property, and he is persecuted as far as the Power of Malice and Intemperance.

Drinking is the joy of the Russes. We cannot live without that pleasure

As regards the use of wine, remember that we drink to quench thirst, and that the limit of moderation is reached when the edge of the intellect is dulled. A boy should be brought up to avoid wine…. Your own countrymen, like all northern peoples, are, I know, sore offenders in this matter of eating and drinking. But I count upon your own innate self-respect to preserve you from such bad example, and to enable you to despise the sneers and complaints of those around you.

I used to go to the saloons with the baseball players, and while they would drink highballs and gin fizzes and beer, I would take lemonade

I know I am in a band that is famous, and my private life is famous. I get it, and it's fine. Even when I grew up in a village, people wanted to know who was going to the dance with whom, and I understand, but I think if I engage with it too much, it won't be that healthy.