Davy Jones Quotes

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum.

I have to say, my celebrity is not a big factor in my life. Once in a while someone takes my picture. But I'm not exactly one of the four girls everyone's chasing at the moment.

It pleased the public to think I lived the easy, carefree life - the playboy of golf.

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.

It's hard to find normal celebrities.

I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.

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.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

I'm not bothered by the paparazzi and I don't feel hemmed in, I've never felt that. My youth, mind you, there wasn't quite the same attention to celebrities as there is now, but I've never felt that.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.

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

I've always chased glamour.

There are 50 new tabloids every year, and I'm in them, and I read them, and I do stupid things.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

Basically, I still have the privacy that all celebrities crave, except for those celebrities who feel that privacy reflects some kind of failure on their part.

There's a difference between being a star and an actor. If you feed off from being in the public eye, this is the unfortunate flipside to it.

There's always going to be the market for people who are known to have led wild and crazy lives.

I'm not a movie star, but I still get my photograph taken when I walk down the street, hundreds of times. I never say no.

I'll be having lunch with my mum and she'll complain about the paparazzi outside. I tell her that she could have worn a beanie, but of course she never does. She loves it - it's how she chooses to connect with people. That's fine, I can respect that. But I'm the opposite. I always have been.

If I were a man who had accomplished what I have, I don't think anyone would ever bring up my past relationships, no matter how famous the people were.

You can seek out a lot of publicity if you want, depending on your choices. A lot of major celebrities don't have paparazzi following them.