Paulina Porizkova Quotes

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

It's easy to get swept up in the trappings of that sort of lifestyle, but I've been doing it for long enough that I know how easy it is to fall victim to that sort of arrogance and cockiness that celebrity culture can bring about, in young men especially.

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled, and thanks to money and fame, I didn't have to go far to find them.

I'm frightened of my innate vanity. I mean: the suits lined with scarves? Even I know the warning signs. I could quite easily end up in a tiny Playboy mansion, all on my own.

If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.

I believe celebrity spoils people - some worse than others.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

I guess if you're a normal person and all of a sudden you're getting $10 million a year, it can go to your head.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

I know an awful lot of Hollywood people, who are so self-important, I can't understand it.

The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.

A lot of people my age who are working right now have never acted; they get a show and suddenly they're making millions. It's always those people who get it fast who have the most trouble staying grounded and being themselves.

I feel like rock stars feel a sense of entitlement, whereas I just feel a sense of good fortune.

I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.

Being a celebrity, you can remain a child for ever, almost. You get away with more; you can get too pampered and it's not healthy.

Money and fame made me believe I was entitled. I was wrong and foolish.

Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?

I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.

I've seen guys who had the craziest amount of talent growing up and let that hype and whatnot and the money go to their head.

I was a kid when I did the hit show 'Kasturi' in 2007. Maybe stardom went to my head and I thought I was bigger than I actually was. I took everything for granted.

Doing my first movie, I realized I could get into real bad habits. If you're the star, all you have to do is show up, and 20 people say, 'Do you want anything? What is it? Let me get it for you.' Believe me, you get spoiled very quickly. I saw some of my contemporaries allow themselves to have that fame, thinking they could handle it. It messed them up.

The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.

I am a bit of a goody-goody. Not that there aren't times when I think, I was kind of an (ass) today. I work in a world in which people are really catered to; someone will come up to me and say, "Is it OK if this person's makeup is done before yours for the premiere?"

I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are on TV then you have a vanity, for sure. Just admit it! Why not?