The Notorious B.I.G. Quotes

You can avoid the press if you really want to and I don't walk around with five security guards either because I think that just draws attention.

I really don't go out at all; I just stay at home and watch movies and skateboard around the house.

I hardly ever go out when I'm home.

The moment I am off the field, it's my personal time.

I'm not a security-type person: I don't want to have bodyguards around me. I'm not into all that.

I fought the idea of having security for a very long time, because I really value normalcy. I really do. I like to be able to take a drive by myself.

I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want to go around with bodyguards.

Looking at the Obamas, they have a lot to manage with their children and having Michelle go out and have everybody comment on what she was wearing, what it means. I think you have to create a pretty large private world to live in.

And I think that if I were a for real celebrity that was recognizable everywhere, I'd just crawl under a rock and you know, have someone run over the rock with a car, or something.

You can go the route of not living your life at all - and a lot of actors do that, where they just won't even go out of the house at all - but it makes life so unenjoyable. You can't go out, you can't hold hands with your girlfriend, you can't do any of these things.

I could still walk the street. I don't have to have no massive security.

In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day - no photographs.

I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.

People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.

For the most part, I hang out in my back yard with my dog, but there's no paparazzi trying to check that out.

A man's home is his castle. His bedroom is in the middle of it. I don't want anyone snooping around in my bedroom.

We all want security …. But we don’t need to simplify the debate to such an extent that we simply say we have to give up our liberties.

Can public men have private lives?

I really do miss being able to go through life a little less noticed.

Luckily, I don't think that I'm too famous. I can still live my life pretty comfortably. Fame has never really ever appealed to me. I think it's easy to see that it's not a great thing to have.

I feel very comfortable with my trajectory because I do have a life; I can go on the subway, you know? And I've been able to do that my entire career, and I have friends who are huge movie stars and can't go on the subway, and I feel like that sucks.

I lead a very quiet life and never court publicity. I don't go to a restaurant and let slip I'm leaving by the back door, like some celebrities.

I don't mind people looking at me. That's never bothered me. I don't want them looking at me in my house; now that would bother me.

I love my house and stay back home when I get time off shoots. I hardly party. I am not 19 anymore.

You have to protect your personal life, your family and their intimacy as much as possible, whenever possible. Especially when you're a public figure with appearances to attend. Of course, that's harder to do than to say.