Ginnifer Goodwin Quotes

I'm living the life I always dreamed of living. From the time I was a youngster I wanted to be a celebrity. It's a great life. The only bad thing is that people are more interested in your personal life than they are in your work and it's freaky

There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.

In Hollywood everything is so documented. If you go for a drink with somebody, it's passed around the world so quickly.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

When you do a reality show and host shows, it's hard to have secrets.

I've learned to suck in my stomach when photographers are around. I used to read gossip magazines all the time, but I stopped when I started being written about in them and read incredible lies about myself.

Nobody cares about your autograph. There are cameras everywhere, and there are media outlets for them to 'file their story'.

I think that as a public figure, I put myself out there so people can ask me anything they want to ask me.

I think it's so flattering that people would even give me enough attention to know about my private life.

Once paparazzi become a reality, then things change because you become more conscious of photos.

There's definitely a lot of trash that comes with the prize of being famous. It's a nice gift, but there's a lot of wrapping and paper and junk to cut through. Back then, when a movie came out and people saw you on the street, their reaction was so supercharged that it was scary. It would frighten other people. It used to really rattle me. I mean, everybody would love to have their clothes torn off by a mob of girls, but being screamed at is different.

The word reality scared me. I just looked at reality as everybody follows me around with a camera, and I'm not that kind of person. I fought for my privacy in England. And I didn't see another way it could be done.

When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way. It stirs up envy, fame does.

One reason I avoid the American TV talk show circuit, when I'm over there, is that the tabloids and the gossip mill are always churning with new, true, or untrue stories about new loves, old loves, pending marriages, divorces, trial separations, flings and affairs with people of every description. I'm not into any of that.

The paparazzi have got worse for everyone over the years. It has just become such a big deal. No-one in this business really has much privacy.

You do get scrutinized in the digital age. You know they're zooming in on every pore, which you've got to forget about.

I never knew the media would be so interested in my personal life.

Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.

Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear.

My fiance and I had a few problems working through some of the things that he saw me say and do on the 'Surreal Life.' Considering the company that I was in, Ron Jeremy and Trishelle from 'The Real World,' I think I was pretty tame.

I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.

Some people will go to the opening of an envelope. They live their lives in the public eye and get off on it, they need it. They need that kind of adoration. If their name isn't in the tabloids once a week they feel like a failure.

When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.

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

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.