Tamra Davis Quotes

When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.

I think it's weird that they're trying to make us be negative about 'Sex and the City'... Not HBO, but the press. Really, they're dying for us to say something negative about 'Sex and the City.'

People think that it's ok to degenerate and disrespect someone just because they're in the public eye.

I just know that on TV or off TV, I've been very much targeted and torn apart.

The media has had its fun with me.

Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous!

People are going to bash you while you're alive, and they're going to bash you when you're gone.

Politics is like getting a really bad review: a stinker that you know all your friends are reading.

I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

I never really got any attention until I was on MTV. I became a household name because I was on every day from 3-4 P.M. I wasn't prepared for it - how mean they can be in the press.

I will not quit this game because of what the media has done to me.

In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.

We've talked through the fact that our family will be attacked. Our family will be dragged through the mud. My businesses that I've helped build and create will be attacked and dragged through the mud. That's politics. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it or thinking about it.

It's tough waking up in the morning and reading derogatory stories about you.

There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media - and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.

When I joined films in 2002, there were all kinds of rash and unkind comments that were made about my looks in the reviews.

For whatever reason, people just like to come out and say whatever they want to say about you when you're on TV.

The 'New York Daily News' called me the most reviled athlete ever in sports history in New York. I don't listen to them.

Early in my career, if I didn't get the ball, or if something would happen, or the media would say something, I'd take it personally.

Rock stars' wives have never been given an easy time. They weren't nice about Linda McCartney till she died.

Since I am an artist, I know the media can pick you apart.

I was afraid of the press.

I don't bash people in the media, like other people.

The topic of Sarah Palin has been open season to the media, entertainment industry, and club comics alike.

I think that's just part of what people do and part of being a female in the media. One day it's, 'Doesn't she look thin,' then the next day, 'She's put on weight.'