Simon Sebag Montefiore Quotes

Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.

The media can't get anything straight.

There's so many different medias on the internet, taking it from the big medias and making their own little article out of that and changing it into something that it isn't. There's never one story from an interview, there's always so many different stories.

The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.'

The media doesn't always reflect reality.

You do get certain publications in the States where, if things don't go according to plan, they flip the story and it becomes very negative.

I don't read the magazines that make things up about people. I know what the truth is. I don't sort of indulge in my own fodder. I don't really care what they write about me.

I want to change the bad boy image that has stuck for a bit because I don't think I am at all how I have been portrayed. I would like that to change because it's awful to hear and read what is said of you.

But me contradicting a news story is not going to make my words fact. It will just create a new news story.

I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it's right there, so what do you think I do?

I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.

I always felt journalists had a very clear idea of what they wanted to write about me before the interview began.

The diva tag just won't go away. I think that's because people want me to be like that. It makes it more interesting if I have thrown a phone at somebody or a water bottle. Sadly that's just not me.

I don't read my own press, so I don't know what's being reported on a daily basis - I only hear about things when they reach a sort of Def-Con status, and my publicist calls me because we have to do some damage control.

People at Facebook are fairly used to the press being nice to us or not nice to us.

And certainly don't get caught by the press having too much to drink, you now, that sort of thing.

I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me.

You check to see the facts are correct where business is concerned but if I read everything that was written about me, I'd end up feeling totally insecure about myself.

I think you've got to have your feet planted firmly on the ground, especially in this business, and you must not believe things that are said or written about you, because everything gets out of proportion one way or the other.

I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what it is; I tend not to do that.

I want to be the kind of actress where, if I'm in the press, I'm in for the right reasons - for my work. To be in the press about family drama is kind of embarrassing.

You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

If the press doesn’t get the proper care and feeding, you don’t get the proper spin on your story.