Amy Sedaris Quotes

Going out there and promoting myself socially doesn't really intrigue me. I'd much rather have my work do it for me.

I'm not that kind of publicity, attention-grabber type of artist.

People don't need to necessarily see me in the jersey to understand who I am and what message I'm trying to get across with the things that I'm marketing.

I don't stage my own publicity.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

I have a Facebook page and a website. Beyond that, I'm actually a very private person. I'd rather see the focus on the books than on me.

I have no inclination to seek attention.

I'm not totally altruistic. I've always had great career ambitions. But it has to come out in an organic way. If you push yourself out beyond where you are supposed to be, there's this pressure.

I have heard some people say I have a low profile. Why should somebody be high profile, anyway? I am just doing my job.

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.

I don't believe in naming clients to get press. I hated it when I was a couture client. If the dresses don't sell themselves, there is something wrong.

I've never really sought out publicity.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

I don't call up the press and say, 'Look at me!'

I have a Twitter profile, but I avoid red carpets and all that kind of stuff. I'd rather no one talk about me ever, and I just get to do my thing. I'm an introvert.

Very early on, when I started doing these plays and live shows, I would travel from city to city, and there were a million shows out there... so I wanted to step out among it, and I started putting my name above the title.

I'm not a publicity hound, I hope.

I'm not a publicity hound. I don't care about being on the cover of 'GQ' or 'Vanity Fair.'

I directed my first movie, not one piece of press!

I'm like a big kid. But it's not like a called myself the Instagram King. I put up what people want to see and that just happened.

I don't go running after publicity.

You know, people are always asking, 'What's your brand?' and, 'What are you all about?' Then you get other people saying, 'You need to do what Connor McGregor does.' But that's not me. That's not who I am. I'm not going to talk trash and build off the bad boy image.

I've been reluctant in doing press stuff - even my Instagram isn't properly managed; I manage it myself. It's kind of by design. I knew that would be what people see first.

I don't do things to try and get publicity or anything like that.

I'm not here to propel myself into the limelight. I'm here to win a football game. If I am propelled into the limelight, I want it to be because of what I do on the football field, not because of some grand marketing strategy.