Gareth Gates Quotes

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.

Honestly, man, I'm not somebody who wants the celebrity. I could really care less about that stuff. I know everyone says it, but I get overwhelmed by it all sometimes.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

Fame looks like a really hairy affair. But if it's part of the job, I'll figure out a way to deal with it.

I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony.

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.

Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.

I enjoy the work; I just don't like the glamour side of it. I find that very difficult to handle.

It has taken me time to get used to the limelight.

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

The bigger you get as a player, the bigger the spotlight.

When I go home, it is quite difficult. Being at Manchester United means it is a huge thing, and when I walk down the street, most people recognize me.

I have been in the spotlight, and I have been out of it.

Really, I think of fame as distracting; it's something you have to get around.

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your picture on a bus.' It's tricky: You're excited by the possibilities, but you don't want to get too crazy.

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.

I knew that people disliked me, and there always will be, but that's the price you pay for being in the limelight, so to speak.

I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.