Tabitha King Quotes

Growing up in the public eye isn't easy.

I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye.

Being a reality star is very chaotic: it's a very dramatic job to do. I always 24/7 have to be on and ready for any type of criticism at all times.

Being in the public eye puts you in a fix, and people are always wanting to know what you are up to.

Just the life of doing what I do, being in the public eye, it's a stressful environment... You feel strange, self-aware, very foolish. Your third eye clicks on, just to try to maintain a healthy sense of perspective, and you think, 'What am I doing here? I'm just making a movie, and people want all these things from me.'

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

Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.

We were starting to lose track with Earth because fame and success brings you many things that you're not really prepared for or know how to deal with as a human being.

Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me.

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

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

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

It's an immense amount of pressure, celebrity itself.

When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job. Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life. And it is never a job from nine to five.

The second album was emotionally exhausting and my life felt like it had become very serious at a very young age.

I've had to grow up with everyone watching me, which has been hard.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

Living your life in the public eye is a greater burden than most people can imagine.

I'm kind of like Britney Spears having a headache. Everybody wants to know about it.

I grew up knowing the pros and cons of the business and knowing what comes with pursuing what you love in terms of being in the public eye. I also grew up among people that were considered celebrities and people that people admired.

Having every little aspect of your life in the public eye is really hard because it leaves more room for criticism, and I just want to live.

Every time I think I'd want a huge, huge career, I realize I'd go crazy under that kind of scrutiny.

Growing up in any sort of spotlight is difficult. Everything is magnified.

When the Greatest Hits came out and we did that tour, I just felt I wanted to take a break, totally. Probably because, as well, I was so young when I got famous. I did album, tour, album, tour, album, tour, then I had a public nervous breakdown where I just lost tons of weight.