Ed Kowalczyk Quotes

I've been very transparent with reporters, but they only want to print mean stuff.

For years and years, I was beset with snide remarks by certain members of the press, where they would turn John Oates into a joke, or they would trivialize what I do, which never really bothered me all that much.

There's almost a Rorschach-test quality about writing about 'Playboy'. What comes out in the press is not so much about me as it is about society.

As soon as you make a mistake, you're killed by the press.

The press portrayed me as a joke and a clown.

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.

I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.

There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

Every president becomes a caricature. The press, partisans, late-night shows, and other arbiters of our culture these days boil down complicated and multi-faceted personalities into one-dimensional punchlines.

Many of the articles printed over the last few months have ended up painting a picture of me that is more than a little distorted.

I've given up on being accurately portrayed in the media.

If the press see you looking normal they can suddenly be 'oh, she's got a spot on her face, she's having a bad day'. That can be quite cruel.

Overall, I'm not upset at the press.

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed.

And certainly don't get caught by the press having too much to drink, you now, that sort of thing.

I am being portrayed as some kind of a medieval monster ... a megalomaniac. If the people were to really believe all that the press has written about me then I must be the most evil person in the country today.

I am reading it [his press coverage] more and enjoying it less.

Past occurrences have generally shown that there hasn’t been satisfaction from politicians in the manner they were covered [by the press.]

I feel like not all press is good press. Sometimes personal things can be released, and... that's not good press.

The media had me convicted of doing something wrong before I had even done anything at all, before I had talked to anyone, before I get out of bed. I'm always the bad person.

The press creates a caricature.

I'm sick of the tabloids' saying I obsess over guys. Why would you obsess over guys? They don't like it.

I have frequently been misrepresented. I don't hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.