Craig Charles Quotes

Diana and I had a very good relationship with no personal problems. The only problem we did have was with the media, and the only place we could have any real privacy was at Kensington Palace, as they could not get to us there.

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.

I very much dislike being interviewed by the kind of journalist who tries to dig into your private life.

I never feel that far away from the tabloids.

The paparazzi don't care about me.

You can't ask the press to service you with everything that they have and not expect some of the other stuff in return if you're going to live your life like I have.

I'm always having to get rid of reporters.

I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.

With the media how it is these days, people expect to know everything. I don't talk about my girlfriend because essentially she doesn't want to be talked about.

My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.

Prince William's smiling hostility toward the press is his non-negotiable core value. I am told he is so protective of his privacy he has been known to plant false tips with friends he distrusts and watch the media to see if they play out.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

I am always going to have problems with the paparazzi. I have had two men outside my house for the last two years, which is frightening at times, but that is my life unfortunately.

I've read about myself and my husband and my family, to the point where they've called my parents, they've called my brothers, offering money to tell stories. They call friends of mine. I'd just like for them to just ... don't badger us. Don't scrutinize us. We have children and they have to live, too. It's not fair.

I've always felt that anyone who wants to talk about my private life is only demonstrating the paucity of his/her imagination when there are so many more important and exciting things to discuss.

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

The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, 'That's enough guys?'

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem fastidious, but my experience of talking to the press is that I need those boundaries to remain very clear.

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

Well, anything you want to make public is your public business.

Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.