Albert Finney Quotes

Living your life in the public eye is a greater burden than most people can imagine.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

Celebrity damages private life.

I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.

It's so great to have your private relationships play out in the press.

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.

Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

Basically, I still have the privacy that all celebrities crave, except for those celebrities who feel that privacy reflects some kind of failure on their part.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.

The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but I'm not complaining!

I've grown up in the press my entire life.

Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

I never feel that far away from the tabloids.

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before.

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn't prepared for it - how mean they can be in the press.

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.