Rose McGowan Quotes

A lot of people think I don't like them just because I'm pretty quiet. But there are certain things people don't necessarily need to know. There's got to be some things for me.

Sometimes you have to keep things very close to your own chest in your life, or this life.

Whenever I am asked about my personal relationships, I politely reply, 'No comments.'

It's not fun to keep secrets, but sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you. - Meredith, p112

I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.

I'm guarded; I don't talk much.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.

Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.

I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.

I'm the most private person.

People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.

People can have so many ill-conceived ideas about me based on the parts that I play. I've had guys, when I've been single, come out of the woodwork to date me and I've found out very quickly that they were expecting some kind of whirlwind, some dramatic crazy person - and that's just not me.

God forbid we keep a couple secrets in this day and age!

You don't have to tell anybody a damn thing you don't want to.

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.

I'm not a big fan of people knowing too much about me.

I'm trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It's not easy at all. Non, non, non.

With things in my personal life, if I talk about it, it doesn't stay personal.

I like to keep my personal life private.

I've learned the hard way how valuable privacy is. And I've learned that there are a lot of things in your life that really benefit from being private. And relationships are one of them.

In my industry, everybody wants to know everything about you, and it's just dumb. I think the only way of maintaining some of that mystique is by not giving away too much about yourself. It has served me well so far. I never want to feel up for grabs.

I try to keep my private life kind of private.

It's nothing sinister but my private life belongs to me.