Donna Rice Quotes

It will be the mistake of your life if you go into print in your own defence [sic]. Your denial will reach a new set of people andstart them to talking, while the ones who read the original charges will never see the refutation of them.

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it.

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.

Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.

As soon as you make a mistake, you're killed by the press.

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there.

I just don't want to give out interviews. I just hate them. Inevitably, I ended up hurting some people or leaving some names out or getting quoted out of context.

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.

I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.

I can't begin to count how many times I have warned politicians and candidates to worry as much about the good coverage as the bad, because the more air they put in your balloon, the bigger the target when they start shooting.

My theory on smear pieces is try and win 'em over.

That's garbage. Why can't they catch me in a sex scandal. I could use some good publicity.

Personal questions, or accusations about delivering flops or not doing good films end up being accusatory sessions where I have to defend myself. That's why I prefer not to do interviews.

It sounds odd, but it's almost hard to find a piece of negative press about myself.

I've always had the media going against me every year.

The media has had its fun with me.

I don't profess to know how to balance the positive and the negative media attention. It's a gamble every time you put yourself out there, and, certainly, I'm always readjusting to it.

That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about.

I think one of the odd things about public life, coming from the outside, is that people seem to be paranoid. Maybe they were quite frank initially, but then they did one thing which went wrong.

And understandably so, that when you're in legal jeopardy, you really cannot put yourself in a position to open yourself up to the media.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

Controversies are a package deal in this industry. You just have to understand that and accept it.

The danger with running for president is sooner or later some sound bite is going hit.

In a lot of cases, as in Tom and Nicole's case, the tabloids were about to break the story, so they said just let the news out. And they called organizations such as ours.