Tucker Max Quotes

I'm not a 'celebrity'. I'm not a big huge star and so when people see me it's usually to talk about something I've done and that's a great conversation to have.

When they put me on ESPN and they talk about negative things, or when they put me on TMZ and they talk about negative things, I'm just glad that I'm relevant; to have lasted this long being relevant.

My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.

I'm used to the public knowing me, knowing about me.

Donald Trump was really cool. I think a lot of people don't understand him. He brings so much media attention to anything he does. He's a proven success. I think people should listen to what he says a little more than focusing on hair.

For me, I walk a line of fame and infamy. I walk the line of celebrity and non-celebrity.

I just kind of wanted to do something where you don't just see 'Kardashian' everywhere.

Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all.

I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.

I'm not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I'm interested in the perception of the celebrity.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

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

You won't see me on Barbara Walters; Oprah, that's not who I am.

People see my modelling and see me getting papped all the time and don't really get to see me because I don't do much TV or whatever.

It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character.

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.

In the world's eyes, what they know of me is from the blogs. What they know is from the media.

People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week.

I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. If anything I'm a minor celebrity or a TV star or whatever.

The only difference is that I'm a celebrity, and I'm shown to the world. Apart from that, I think I'm like most women my age.

I'm not a movie star, but I still get my photograph taken when I walk down the street, hundreds of times. I never say no.

The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.

I've never been overexposed or in people's faces, although there are some who argue that in the late '70s and early '80s, I was played a lot!

I don't want to be a celebrity. I never, ever did.