Robert Osborne Quotes

I'm famously secretive about my work. Nobody reads my books till they're finished.

I have a job that requires me to be in the public eye in the way that makes me extra careful about sharing information.

I never talk about a job before the contract is signed and I've shot the first three days.

It's sacred for an actor to keep their personal life personal.

God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al Pacino's life.

I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs.

Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.

People, photographers, people in the press can sometimes be inappropriate.

I don't feel one's personal medical condition is everybody's business. It just isn't something you advertise, and it's not open to discussion.

I don't think I'm allowed to talk about that. It is definitely not me. The role has been cast.

If an ordinary person parks outside another ordinary person's house for a week, it's considered stalking. If, however, that person is considered newsworthy, it's perfectly legal for paparazzi to do the same thing.

The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then I realized the things you say get printed and the people you're involved with read them. That's what's tricky. Nothing goes unnoticed. I don't want to get myself in trouble!

Why would anyone ever tell anything personal to a journalist?

What we say privately we say publicly.

Most "off the record" never continues to be "off the record.

There will be no more blabbing secrets to the media.

When you interview celebrities, they're so guarded so many times, they can't reveal anything.

So much of what I do is so strictly confidential that it's nice to be able to discuss or vent or laugh about something and not read about it in the newspaper the next day.

I've seen up close what can happen when actors talk publicly about their relationships: their personal life gets dismantled. It's a show business game, and it's one game I won't play.

I don't talk about my personal life in the press; that's how I kept my wedding a secret.

I didn't know if I should tell people that Johnny Cash had an affair with his sister-in-law while his wife was pregnant. How much does the public need to know about a performer?

As a straight news correspondent I would never make an issue of someone's personal life unless they have put it out there for public consumption.

Marvel's very secretive, and I'm not hiding anything, I'm not lying; it's just the way they are.

Honestly, I'd rather not talk about my health.

I don't talk about any of my projects until the production house makes an official announcement.