Steve Kanaly Quotes

After becoming an actor, it's the privacy that I miss.

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

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

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

Celebrity damages private life.

We were at the level of fame where you just can't go anywhere.

Invisibility is the only thing that fame cost me. I used to be able to go places and blend in. Anonymity is something you lose on this side of things.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy.

Once you're famous you can't go back.

I'm in the public eye. I know I'm not going to be treated like a normal person walking down the street.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.

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 never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

I don't really want to be a celebrity.

Being on 'Idol,' you have no choice but to be an open book.

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door.

Considering the fact that I have been in the spotlight more or less since I was 18, there is an aspect of normality to my public profile, which I have grown to live with. As much as I would like to disappear into the crowd, my work won't let me - difficult as it is for my family.

I can't bear the idea or concept of being a 'celeb.'