Lisa Kudrow Quotes

I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all.

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?

If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all.

I can assure you that it feels even stranger to me than it probably does to you to have seen so much written about me when I have done so little to paint a picture of myself.

It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk about that stuff you were fired from.'

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

I've never really had a media edifice supporting me.

What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.

Look, at the same time that I don't want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. I'd be a baby and a fool to be like, 'Why are there cameras taking pictures of me?' when I'm on a billboard for a movie. I think that's a very absurd concept.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

When they put me on ESPN and they talk about negative things, or when they put me on TMZ and they talk about negative things, I'm just glad that I'm relevant; to have lasted this long being relevant.

He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it.

Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of 'Rolling Stone.'

The media has been nice to me so far, but if I get compared to Channing one more time... I'm taking it as a compliment, but it is crazy how many times people have compared me to him. I don't know if 'Magic Mike' is in my future, but we'll see.

The version of me you see on TV now and in my feature films is a pretty happy guy, isn't he?

That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.

I'm not in the business of trying to be a celebrity. I like entertaining and being in movies. I like when people leave a movie and talk about it with friends. My biggest struggle is the press... its an odd thing and something I've had to learn a lot about.

I don’t care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

The concept of Kimye has more cultural significance than what Page Six could write.

I walk into a restaurant, and people stare as though I've just landed from another planet. Every time I walk out in public, it's like the alien freak show has arrived. It does have its advantages. I hardly ever get bothered by the paparazzi, probably because of some of the more edgy characters I've played in movies.

I prefer that people are now talking about me as a player rather than about my hair.