Chris Noth Quotes

You know, just in terms of having to have a life on the road, you know, having the celebrity aspect be a burden for my family, friends and extended family.

My life in the spotlight has cost me a lot.

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.

Thank God I've never had the sort of intense fame that means you can't walk up the road. That sort of blazing stardom must be difficult to cope with and maintain; my career has just bubbled along happily.

I think that, in the beginning, you think, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.' And then, with the more movies you make, you are like, 'I don't know if I want to be that anymore. I think what I am looking for is something different.' I like acting, but a lot of times, stardom comes with a lot of strings attached.

I hate the idea of success robbing you of your private life.

I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

Totally, if I wasn't trying to be an actor, I would leave L.A. because you can't really have that life here. There's a lot of baggage that comes with being here, like the paparazzi, traffic, and all of it.

I was asked to audition for the second season of 'Stranger Things.' I didn't want that level of exposure. I don't want to be TV famous.

The idea that people are watching me now is a bit unnerving, but I suppose it comes with the territory. It is, perhaps, the modern side of celebrity.

I think fame makes people a bit nervous.

I enjoy fame, but I like normal, too. Going out is difficult; you are recognised, and you cannot be normal anymore... you start living in a bubble, and I am a normal guy.

I only want to play, don't like the life in the spotlight.

Every celebrity has his or her own personal life. When they go home, they have problems and issues, too.

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

There's a blessing that you're in a spotlight, but people follow you and want to keep asking you questions - it's just overwhelming sometimes.

I want to be known for this character on TV two nights a week, and then I want to go away and live my life in private.

From a very young age people have been touting me as a world champion. So it can be tough, playing in the spotlight and people expecting big things from you all the time.

I don't want to be on TV forever.

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.

Top-level football gives you fame and money, but it takes away a lot, too.

I don't like being called a celebrity. So much so that I find it very uncomfortable looking at myself on the screen.