Caroline, Princess of Hanover Quotes

I never wanted to be a star, and I don't really want to be famous. I just love the stability of my life. I'm a complete family guy.

I mean, there's a little bit that gets out, but for the most part, the thing that makes us work, and makes our family successful, and our life successful, is when we walk home and we walk into our doors of our house, all that other stuff is left outside. It's not a factor.

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

I won't do reality. That is done. And I don't want people following me around with a camera 24 hours a day.

I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place.

I love domestic life.

If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.

I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.

My wife is not a public person. She is uncomfortable with the limelight, which is why I love her. I don't want a political wife - I want someone who, when I get home, I can have a normal life with.

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

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.

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 don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

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.

I wasn't being followed around by paparazzi all the time. I was able to be a kid and spend that time with my family and not grow up too quickly.

Perhaps the greatest challenge has been trying to keep my time to myself and my private life private in order to do my job. Everything that is most mine belongs to everyone now.

People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life.

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.

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 don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

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.

I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press.

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

We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889.