Michael Avenatti Quotes

I'm definitely a ham for the paparazzi.

I am unknown because I've avoided the limelight so that I could serve. In the case of Donald Trump, he has avoided service so that he could seek the limelight.

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

Modesty is a virtue that can never thrive in public …. A man must be his own trumpeter—he must write or dictate paragraphs of praise in the newspapers; he must dress, have a retinue and equipage; he must ostentatiously publish to the world his own writings with his name, make the mob stare and gape, and perpetuate his fame.

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

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

For decades, Trump had no life independent from the media. He became a figure in the nation, and his a monitisable name - albeit quite a ludicrous one - because of his nonstop, relentless, shameless and often embarrassing courtship of the media.

Personal publicity of every kind is utterly distasteful to me, and I have made greater efforts to escape it than most people make to get it.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

My hunch is that people often affiliate with causes online for selfish and narcissistic purposes. Sometimes, it may be as simple as trying to impress their online friends, and once you have fashioned that identity, there is very little reason to actually do anything else.

I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.

Doing press is like eating at McDonald's: while it's going on it's vaguely enjoyable - you're seduced by your own vanity and taking yourself rather seriously - but immediately afterwards you feel sick.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

I don't want to be famous for being famous.

I have no interest in being a celebrity. I wouldn't go to anything that I wasn't involved in just for the sake of wearing a nice frock and having my picture taken. That part of the business doesn't make me feel very comfortable.

Sometimes I find some movies patronizing, which I feel is the ultimate crime.

I love the press; I even like the people that don't like me. If it wasn't for those people, no one would know who I was and I wouldn't have a gig.

Frankly, I don't like publicity.

I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star.

Most times with vanity projects, publishers don't believe in the work; they just believe in the name.

I hate anything with 'celebrity' in the title, where people are playing to the cameras all the time.

The satellite dish is against the honorable Prophet [Mohammed]

The easiest way to get on television these days is to be extremely rude.