Andrea Bocelli Quotes

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

Once you expose your private life, if you give one little bit, the floodgates are open and everyone's got a free range for you.

Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.

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

I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life.

Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.

If you invite someone into your front room you can't be surprised when there are suddenly people outside your windows with cameras.

The paparazzi have got worse for everyone over the years. It has just become such a big deal. No-one in this business really has much privacy.

I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.

The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, 'That's enough guys?'

No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life.

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

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

Indian celebrities have the media and fans permanently outside their homes, and that would make me really uncomfortable.

I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.

My private life became public.

My personal life was fair game. And that's what hurt me.

My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.

I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.

Celebrity damages private life.

I don't know what fun newspapers and magazines derive from interfering in people's private lives.

They're hungry for something they know nothing about, but we, we know all too well that the price of fame is the loss of privacy.

All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.

I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public.

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.