Andy Serkis Quotes

People love to see public figures get taken down a notch, and by the same token, everyone loves to be the center of attention, even when there's a target on their forehead.

Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.

I would never be on a reality show.

I definitely would not do a reality show.

To be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.

There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

It's different when you're an actor and playing a part, but when it's just you, you feel immensely vulnerable have strangers prodding and prying.

The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but I'm not complaining!

It's so great to have your private relationships play out in the press.

There is no good side to celebrity.

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

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.

I had some issues. When I first had to deal with being in 'Star Wars,' you know, who wouldn't?

Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.

I don't know how you prepare for something like that. I cannot imagine living in a fishbowl like that. I don't live here so I don't know it will be that bad anyway because I live in Paris and we don't have that sort of phenomenon there. So I don't know, we'll see what happens.

I don't think I could do a reality show, no.

It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.

I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that.

I think what's interesting about the whole paparazzi thing is that unless you're Brad Pitt or Madonna, you can pretty much avoid it. You know when you're going to an opening that you will be photographed, so that's fine. And you know the restaurants that have paparazzi, so you don't go to them.

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

I think I've ignored it so much so that when the paparazzi are following me I really don't see them. You don't see them anymore.

I've learned to hate it when the cameras are pointed at me.

Rumours are a part and parcel of being an actor, and I am okay with that.