Johnny Mathis Quotes

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

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.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

I just don't want to be famous. I feel like there's a lot of sacrifice in that I'm not really willing to make.

You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can't get away with.

My life in the spotlight has cost me a lot.

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.

I don't like having people pick me out on the street. I don't like the status - good, bad or indifferent. I don't like it. I want my private life back, and I'm never going to have it.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

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.

I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

I think that part of the difficulty of being a celebrity is that you may have to hide what you're feeling and you aren't totally allowed to be yourself, because you're in the public eye.

Luckily, I don't think that I'm too famous. I can still live my life pretty comfortably. Fame has never really ever appealed to me. I think it's easy to see that it's not a great thing to have.

No one likes it when their personal life is talked about, and I am no exception. But I guess it's the price an actor has to pay for being in the public eye.

We talk about, 'Wow, thank God that we were out when we were, because it was much easier then.' There wasn't paparazzi following you every step of your day, every move you make.

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

I feel fame shouldn't necessarily get me going, but I understand it is part of the job. Sometimes, it is inconvenient and unnecessarily imposing in your personal life.

I don't like being a celebrity.

One thing about being a celebrity that I learned a long time ago was that I pretty much gave up the right to fair treatment.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.