Ed Westwick Quotes

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

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

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 get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. I get to go to the shop and buy bread and milk, and no one worries me.

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

I don't want to expose my personal life. It's best that people know me for my work. My family doesn't want to be surrounded by cameras. We want to live like any other family.

I don't think most people decide to become an actor because they want to be followed around all the time... I see it when I'm with my brothers, and I don't get it. I don't understand why someone wants to take a photo of us getting out of a car or on the beach. I think that's really weird.

As an actor you accept that you have to publicise what you do, but as for the whole personal life thing that people sometimes choose, no, that's not for me.

The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but I'm not complaining!

One great benefit of not being on TV every week is that people will be a lot less interested in what I have in my supermarket basket. I could even un-tint my car windows - or at least opt for a lighter shade.

I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night.

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.

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention.

My whole goal was to be able to work in television and film and maintain a normal life, never be in a tabloid.

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

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

I think L.A. is impossible. There's just too much media focus. You can't live a normal life.

For me, I don't have a publicist. I don't want to talk about my personal life. I don't want to talk about my process. I don't want to be a model and do fashion shoots. It's nice to be an entertainer, but I'm a reluctant celebrity.

If you don't want to have your private life splashed everywhere, why go to the restaurants and the places you know you're going to be photographed?

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.

People see my modelling and see me getting papped all the time and don't really get to see me because I don't do much TV or whatever.