Frank Vincent Quotes

In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.

If it was up to me, it would be nice not ever to get stopped on the street, because we just do music. I didn't do this to become a celebrity.

I don't want to be in everyone's face. I'm a big music fan, and I get really pissed off when it gets like that... and I don't want people to get like that with me.

The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.

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.

I'm finding it increasingly difficult to simply walk down the street. In New York, I dashed in to buy a big pair of sunglasses to conceal myself, but the guy behind the counter shouted 'Hey! It's Dr. House.'

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.

I don't really even go out that much now except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised.

I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door.

I have a very intrusive life, I guess you could say. I think that a lot of people know too much about me, truthfully.

I can't step outside my house now - everybody knows my face.

When you are a public figure, relationships are a bit complicated.

One of my least favorite things is having my full name called out at the pharmacy. I always try to cut them off before they can say 'Spielberg.'

As Miss Universe, I made a huge effort to keep at least some areas of my life to myself.

My profession has never demanded that I be mobbed by fans.

I should have realized that what's good for movie stars doesn't work for a Cabinet secretary's wife.

I've had enough of being public property.

For all the benefits of being in the public eye, there is the odd downside, too. Twitter goes mad sometimes with people saying weird stuff. It is a bit strange, but you can just ignore them. It is not even worth getting worked up about.

I read about myself in the papers all the time.

When you aren't doing too many films, people find other things to write about you.

I'm very cautious of how I'm presented and my type of reputation.

I have made multiple videos telling fans not to come to our house. I feel like a zoo animal.