Chet Faker Quotes

I can see how child stars can be thrown off-kilter.

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.

I hate all the red carpet stuff. It's weird, because it's part of what's expected of you now.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

You're in this constant state of flux and transition, as if you had jet lag all the time. The acting part of it is easy. It's all the other things that come with it that are a bit difficult.

I developed a deep sadness for celebrities, a pity that they often are caught in a plastic world that runs too hard and too fast, and that many times that world means destroyed relationships with everyone they know and love.

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it.

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.

It's a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.

The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

Show business is not conducive to mental stability. It's a constant rollercoaster of adrenaline spikes and devastating let-downs. There's something about seeing a face from the telly in real life that makes people deranged.

Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and it was only once it was past that I realized that my body had been holding on by a thread to get through this very intense experience. Nothing can prepare you for awards season. The red carpet feels like a war zone, except you cannot fly or fight; you just have to stand there and take it.

Just the life of doing what I do, being in the public eye, it's a stressful environment... You feel strange, self-aware, very foolish. Your third eye clicks on, just to try to maintain a healthy sense of perspective, and you think, 'What am I doing here? I'm just making a movie, and people want all these things from me.'

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

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

When actors get a bad name for diva behavior - I've never seen it. Because my experience with people who are really famous actors is that they work really hard.

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

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.

Some girls love to go to the airport and have 50 paparazzi on them. I go to the airport and have a mental breakdown.

Hollywood is a very hard place to be in. It really is.