Lee Mack Quotes

I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.

Sometimes, when you see the newspaper and you read something I said, you say, 'Oh, I can't believe he said that.'

I constantly say things that I regret. I mortify myself constantly.

It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.

People are going to think and take things how they're going to take it, and I have no control over that, so it's kind of like biding time until you get your feedback. So, it's like, once the public can consume what you're putting out there, then you know. Then you know hit, miss, in between.

Anyone working in the media can tell you that there seems to be an always-ready-to-explode segment of the populace for whom offense is a fate worse than anything imaginable. You'd think offense is one of the most calamitous things that could happen to a human being; right up there with the loss of a limb, or just missing a parking space.

I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma.

Certainly in the modern age where everything is glossed over, when somebody speaks their mind, the majority of the public go, I'd love to have said that.

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

How easy it is to say the wrong thing! How easy it is not to recognize one has said the wrong thing!

Being a politician, I know how motivating it can be when the public is outraged.

I made bad decisions. That being said - the question is, does the public care about that?

Liberals decided it's much better not to play outraged with me anymore. I sell lots of books that way.

I have always regretted the dumb and offensive comments I made in my 20s on atheism and homosexuality.

I didn't understand how difficult it would be to transition in the public eye and look back at pre-transition videos - it's sort of humiliating and painful.

One of the many things I regret is that I hurt so many people by giving them nasty nicknames, and above all that I was unkind to the children of celebrities.

I didn't realise how devastating my behavior could be - looking back, I'm very embarrassed. I just buckled under the anxiety.

We all have things in our lives that are terrible: you apologize for them; you wish you never had you name on it. But 'Teen Wolf' is something that I'm very proud of.

Most of the outrage comes from not the public, but from the media, the press and writers.

My God! My God! What will the country say?

When you do controversial work, you're going to upset a certain amount of people.

Stop it. Seriously. This isn't funny.' 'You're right.' A pause. 'It's pathetic.

I'm too full to swallow my pride

I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said.