Brit Marling Quotes

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

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

The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks later it all goes back to normal.

If you're a baby about the media, as I was, you can't imagine what it's like when the great approval machine shines its beam on you, when every time you cross the street someone comes out of a manhole to talk about your haircut.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

Nobody cares about your autograph. There are cameras everywhere, and there are media outlets for them to 'file their story'.

I know if I do something wrong, it's going to be all over the news.

All this focus on my private life is the most unappealing aspect of being an actor. I don't like it, but it goes with the territory, and I have to put up with it. I certainly don't set out to attract attention.

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.

There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is the unfortunate flipside to it.

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

Bollywood is just like any other industry. It is just that people in this industry are constantly in the public eye.

People look up to me, like my music, and even follow me on Instagram because they know I'm keeping it real with them.

You won't see me on TMZ shaving my hair and yelling at the camera guy.

At the end of the day, even if you are cooler than Obama, the media will never let you be cooler.

We became such darlings of a certain type of media. We became a package; we became easy to sell: these three golden nuggets that could pour out all the goods. It was all exposure in an almost violent way.

You never really see me, unless its accidental, in the tabloids or any of those magazines.

The hard part of being a celebrity is staying one!

I can understand getting compared to the Kardashians.

It's a difficult thing to be in fashion or popular - it's all so fickle.

I still think it's weird that people are interested in what I like and what I represent.

I couldn't deal with the fame, the pressure and everything else.

I had heard that in Bollywood, one gets publicity without even asking for it. There are new rumours every day and the celebrities involved get disturbed.

I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'

The It-girl tag annoys me.