Amber Rudd Quotes

I've been stalked.

A stalker tormented me for over five years. I don't know what was going through his mind, as he was a police officer, and because of that, I at first considered him someone to be trusted.

Stalking can have devastating consequences, and I am determined that we do all we can to protect victims from these prolonged and terrifying campaigns of abuse that can last years, leaving many people too afraid to leave their homes and unable to get on with their lives.

My husband had a stalker, briefly.

For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused.

I would never commit acts of domestic or family violence, stalking or sex offenses against Vince Russo or his household members or any other kind of member that he might have hanging around. Never would I do such a thing. I swear to that.

You do get your stalkers and obsessives though, and it's a huge problem sometimes. When I lived in Jersey, I used to have a middle-aged lady who, when I'd wake in the middle of the night, I'd see her van parked outside.

Some people grab my hair and pull it out. People write on my jeans when I'm on stage. They write on my boots - their phone number, name or whatever.

One lady wrote me and told me how she wants to see me get beat up and near death and that kind of stuff.

Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.

Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life.

I've had death threats, if you can imagine.

When someone follows you all the way to the shop and watches you buy toilet roll, you know your life has changed.

I have had death threats from people with fixations.

I've had people following me home or standing outside my house. It's strange. I just don't think people were meant to be worshipped or idolised.

Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates.

See what I have to put up with every night?

I never caught on to being a bully.

He hit me 18 times while I was in the act of falling.

Intimidation doesn't last very long.

I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.

Stalking is a serious crime with serious consequences.

Stalking is a crime that can paralyze an otherwise productive person with fear.

I had to deal with several stalkers and a lot of strange letters.

I don't want to be followed by paparazzi; that terrifies me.