Petra Kvitova Quotes

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.

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

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

But I just wonder what it would be like to be able to go places without people recognizing me.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.

There's people outside our house; you get followed by photographers; you can't go out and have a cup of coffee with a friend without someone coming up to you.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

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.

Being famous is a bit dangerous sometimes.

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

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

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.

I have to pay a huge price to express myself. You get people asking to take photos all the time; you can't ride the subway... I still ride the subway, but there's always people sneaking photos or coming up to you.

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

I never enjoyed being famous.

The new celebrity thing is going to take some time to get used to because I really am not used to that!

I have to deal with being famous. Sometimes I have to tell people I don't do autographs, thank you very much. At certain places, I refuse to have my photograph taken.

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