Tana Mongeau Quotes

My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life.

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

One of the things is, I don't read my own press. I never watch myself.

My public image is none of my business.

If everything in my career has to be made into an autobiography, then there will be people who might think that I am trying to make a statement. But I don't want to do that.

I've never been able to control my public image.

I'm an entertainer. I don't go round saying I'm a paragon of virtue, so that is clearly not in the public interest.

I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.

I've never really had a media edifice supporting me.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say, 'Don't write about this.' I am an actor; I am a public property. I don't own myself; public owns me.

Many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism which describes him.

My image is the creation of media.

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

Being in front of the cameras is not my favorite thing to do. But it's a good problem to have.

I actually don't consider myself that private. I know that's how I've been characterized. That's OK.

If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of Popularity is shame; if thou be once up, beware; from fame to infamy is a beaten road.

People before the public live an imagined life in the thought of others, and flourish or feel faint as their self outside themselves grows bright or dwindles in that mirror.

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

I could have had my husband put me on a lot of TV shows every day, but I chose not to. I am a serious businesswoman. I don't enjoy being out there on TV; it's not what I do well.

In my father's generation, the product was 80 percent of what you were putting into the world, and your personal life was 20 percent. It now seems that 80 percent of the product I put out is silly, made-up stories and what I'm wearing.

My personal opinion is that I'm in the media too much. I'm not a politician, I'm a businessman. I would like to be without any extra visibility.

Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

I don't want to dedicate my life to getting publicity.