David Sedaris Quotes

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.

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

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

Indian celebrities have the media and fans permanently outside their homes, and that would make me really uncomfortable.

I don't buy the tabloids, but you're surrounded by it all and people tell you things they've read. I'd be sitting on a train looking over someone's shoulder and thinking: That's familiar... oh my God, it's me.

I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

I don't hide from cameras or anything. It doesn't bother me. I don't seek our press for the women I'm dating, but if it finds me, it finds me.

Fame gives you everything you never wanted.

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.

The loss of anonymity is something that nobody can prepare you for. When it happened, I recognized that I'd lost one of the most valuable things in life. To this day, I'm not all that happy about it

All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

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.

I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive.

For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

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

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

I owe 90 per cent of my life to people because I am a public figure, but 10 per cent is private to me. And I am not saying it in a defensive way. I feel my life has been made into a TV serial.

When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

It's weird to have people so interested in your personal life. It's a part of the business that grosses me out. I'm always bummed out for people who just happen to be dating a celebrity, and they're also famous, and they can't live their life.

I spent my whole life avoiding the public eye. At these food shows, I'm open quarry again.

I don't know how you would live in the world of Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston and being stalked. It's just brutal.

I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.