Rose McGowan Quotes

I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.

Previously, someone would interview me, and if they liked me, it'd be a great story. If they hated me, it'd be a horrible story. I had no way to say anything. Social media changed things for people who didn't have a voice.

You are your main news platform, so no publication has as much power as you do about posting about yourself.

In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.

I feel like what I say on Twitter has actually a lower rate of misinterpretation than what I say on interviews because I'm just kind of rambling on interviews, and I'm just talking, talking and talking.

Every time I give a straight answer and read it in a magazine, I say, 'Ouch.' One day I'd like to talk to a psychoanalyst about why celebrities reveal so much of themselves in interviews.

No one individual vote, no one individual quote, no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs or my record.

If you think I'm just another pretty face, read my Facebook updates, read my articles, read the interviews I've done and judge for yourself.

I just want to be seen as what I am - just look beyond TV/social media, and you will see what kind of person I am.

I didn't want anyone to have control over how people saw me. I wanted to have that power myself.

You need a place where you can explain yourself. You can write as much or as little as you would like, but the words will be all yours. You can create the context. You can make sure that all issues are addressed. You can take issue with individuals or the media as a whole. Your words, your message.

Your voice matters, so protect it.

I have never spoken for anyone but myself.

I find it very boring to keep on talking about myself! Which is why I find giving interviews also very boring.

I published my first book, 'Drinking & Tweeting,' when I first started 'Housewives' and was being portrayed as a fun girl who spoke the truth.

When was the last time an Arab MK who appeared on television wasn't there in the role of the accused who is attacked by a skeptical broadcaster?

I started to speak about my acne struggles on social media and in interviews, and people responded really well to it.

My life is not as dramatic as it is depicted in the shows. I am not at all submissive. I am free-spirited.

I never tried to put myself in situations where I had to be anything other than what people saw on TV.

Take any celebrity - all we really know is what they choose to tell us or what they show us in public.

I think people know by now that I do my own writing.

I don't like it necessarily when other people speak for me.

The gender is irrelevant; the identity is the one you should try and create for yourself by yourself, and the narrative of your own life becomes your own book.

I saw my dad work hard and then would see and know his interest and intentions, and that wasn't necessarily the narrative you would see in the press.

If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.