Gena Lee Nolin Quotes

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

I experienced a lot of loss after his death. I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us. I actually lost my journal during that time, oddly enough. I literally couldn't hold on to anything.

I had people sleeping in front of my home. I couldn't go anywhere. It confronted me from the moment I woke up. There would be 100 people at the lot where we shot 'The Partridge Family.'

I don't like the media attention.

For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'

You have people who are so passionate and touched by my work, which is so humbling. But other times, it's a little overwhelming. If I'm just trying to go to the bodega and get some coconut water, I have to put on a hat and some glasses - those kind of things.

For a while, my private life was the most talked about thing.

That's the time that I enjoy: away from the cameras, away from the audience, the scenery of going out to eat and everybody's staring at me.

When you get into the public eye, one day, you're kind of unknown, and the next day, you have people in your bushes waiting to take a picture of you.

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

I am not normally a fan of organised tours: few public figures are, feeling themselves objects of constant curiosity.

I have absolutely no interest in the tabloids or reporting of the royal family.

When I was finishing guys, the media was on me like crazy.

I'm not interested in being in 'Heat Magazine.'

I love spoiling a party. I love it when someone is on a roll and just messin' that up.

What happens is that every August photographers camp out in Hyannis Port. So anytime I go down to the beach, or go to the pier or whatever, there's no avoiding them.

After becoming an actor, it's the privacy that I miss.

I want to cause havoc. I want to cause mayhem - and I mean the worst mayhem you can see.

I wasn't used to all these cameras getting stuck in my face. I feel like Justin Bieber sometimes.

I make the money, and I don't have to take the abuse some of the stars do, opening up their personal life. I can go into a restaurant, sit down, and have a nice meal without being harassed. Arnold Schwarzenegger can't do that.

We talk about, 'Wow, thank God that we were out when we were, because it was much easier then.' There wasn't paparazzi following you every step of your day, every move you make.

I would prefer to keep my distance a bit from the cameras. I want to keep a private life.

I'm tired of the speculation about my personal life.

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

Everything Neymar does turns into news. If he gets emotional, they criticise. If he colours his hair, they criticise.