Mel Gibson Quotes

Just the life of doing what I do, being in the public eye, it's a stressful environment... You feel strange, self-aware, very foolish. Your third eye clicks on, just to try to maintain a healthy sense of perspective, and you think, 'What am I doing here? I'm just making a movie, and people want all these things from me.'

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

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.

As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.

People don't understand being a child star is very hard because first off, to be a child star, you have to be very unique. These kids are talented to be able to do it at such a young age. At the same time, you go through the pressures of bullying and a lot of people not understanding.

It has taken me time to get used to the limelight.

There's a blessing that you're in a spotlight, but people follow you and want to keep asking you questions - it's just overwhelming sometimes.

I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.

The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed, "would be nearer the truth.

I have played for the national team many times, so I am used to good things - and bad things - being said about me.

Top-level football gives you fame and money, but it takes away a lot, too.

When you've been ridiculed and talked about as much as I have over the course of my career, pressure doesn't exist.

The hard part of being a celebrity is staying one!

Stress is part of life. It is something we all experience from time to time. Sometimes it reflects our own busy lifestyles or key moments such as exams, moving house, organising an event, or coping with a bereavement. Often it is associated with work: meeting a deadline, dealing with difficult people, or meeting stretching targets.

All of a sudden, my picture's in the paper, or I'm making a music video, and it's still the most surreal experience. I thought you could learn, and you would acclimatise, but I really haven't.

Having to deal with people all of a sudden knowing who we were and knowing our music and all the rest of it was definitely something that we had to get used to.

Show biz! It's definitely not for sissies.

I've always tried to be the same person I was before I won Wimbledon, but it has been very difficult.

I struggled with the limelight.

It's not happened overnight for me or my brother as well. Maybe, it's even a bit tougher for people who have a name.

I think I've watched and been around so many people that are of a high celebrity grade that I've attempted to soak in every kind of way to deal with fame.

I don't wish stardom on anyone. When I hear people say, 'this guy's a star,' I always say, 'good luck.'

Reality shows can put a lot of stress on you.