Johnny Vegas Quotes

Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

I made a rule not to be on reality shows.

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door.

Kanye is so much fun. He's a wonderful person. What I love about Kim and Kanye is that I think they save their happy moments and their smiles for themselves rather than sharing everything with the public. And listen, when a camera is shoved in your face trying to take a selfie, you do not want to smile.

When you're in the limelight, you can't always lash out.

As Miss Universe, I made a huge effort to keep at least some areas of my life to myself.

When you have this job [as an entertainer] you're suddenly not a person anymore.

My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga.

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

I'm going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will remember me, not because I was great, but because I didn't cause them any later embarrassment.

Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.

I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive.

It's strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.

I purposefully isolate myself from anything that has to do with any press. I don't read any press about myself.

Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.

I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.

I'm very, very private; I don't enjoy talking about myself to strangers. Particularly strangers with tapes going.

You never really see me acting a fool on TV.

I've been trying to keep the private life private. Not being savvy or trained on how to do good interviews like a politician, I thought it was wiser to follow my mother's advice: If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all.

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.

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.

As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself.

I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it's right there, so what do you think I do?