Drake Quotes

We all have a past; it's just that my past is out there for all to see.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

I'm just a normal girl who really enjoys her job, and so you have to take the other things that come with being in the public eye.

I've grown up in the public eye, and every decision I've made has always been so public and often inaccurately reported.

Nobody prepares you for what happens when you get famous, and I didn't handle it well.

I'm young: I've lived my life in the public eye, and I've had to figure out how to do that.

I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.

Going to the cinema or a meal can be difficult, with people asking for pictures or autographs.

I feel fame shouldn't necessarily get me going, but I understand it is part of the job. Sometimes, it is inconvenient and unnecessarily imposing in your personal life.

The people I meet on the street satisfy my need to make contact with the fans. I love to meet them and I never say no to pictures. If an actor sees that as a curse, I think they need to go and be a roofer for a while. Or try out being a garbage man and seeing how they like it.

Fame is not just about being able to get out of a limo in Leicester Square, it's about trying to get into your house when there are eight photographers outside. When you think about being famous, you don't think about all that stuff. You think about the glamour.

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

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

It's harder to live the way I live. There are certain places I like to shop and eat where I simply don't go. The paparazzi follow you.

Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

You see Justin Bieber and Robert Pattinson, what they go through, and dude, that's not as exciting as it looks.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

You can't complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness. Because that is the job. I've always understood that's the deal.

I had some issues. When I first had to deal with being in 'Star Wars,' you know, who wouldn't?

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

I manage to scrape together a private life, despite the press.

The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.