Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes

I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are preceving you.

I've got to dress more conservatively because now people write about what I wear.

It is, because you've got a nice picture, you want to put it up, and then you're like, 'Do I want this to go out in the press? Do I want them to run it and make a story surrounding that picture?' That's what I have to think of all the time.

Sometimes, when you roll out of bed, you don't want to be photographed by the paparazzi. Usually you like to know when you're being photographed. I've learnt that, as a public figure, you have to up your game and be prepared. Ideally, you try not to roll out of bed without brushing your hair - just chuck a brush through it, make a little effort.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

I hate all the red carpet stuff. It's weird, because it's part of what's expected of you now.

Day-to-day, I don't wear make-up, my hair's not done, and I'm in ripped jeans and a Bonds tee. But doing red carpets is just part of work.

I can be a show-off at home. But publicly, I have always been a private person. It's not totally my bag to court the press.

When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.

So now 20 years later people want us to get together so they can take shots at all these old babes trying to get back some youth. I mean come on; I've been there. I know what the press would do.

I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi.

If you talk about your personal life to the press, you can't be mad at them when they start talking about you, because you invited them in.

On a serious level, I wouldn't tell the press if I was in a relationship or not. I wouldn't ever reveal that, because it takes you down a certain road... I have no desire to be courting the press with my love life.

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

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?

Well the press and things like that are pretty hard core, but I don't pay too much attention to that.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

I never talk about my private life. When you're in this business it becomes so precious. I don't understand when people open up about themselves to the press.

I'm not in the business of trying to be a celebrity. I like entertaining and being in movies. I like when people leave a movie and talk about it with friends. My biggest struggle is the press... its an odd thing and something I've had to learn a lot about.

My clothes, my stockings, my wigs were a matter of public discussion …. Columnists asked me about anything and everything—except my job. Women's magazines and women's pages featuring articles about me—sometimes without bothering to interview me. Cartoonist delight in sketching me and my clothes and swelling girth. and always the whispers and speculation about my sex life—how much, and with whom.

It's really easy to end up on the 'Daily Mail' if you put yourself in situations where you'll end up on the 'Daily Mail,' and it's really easy to not if you don't do that.

I used to be quite laid back and that. But obviously the more you're in the public eye, the more you've got to... dress to impress.

You can seek out a lot of publicity if you want, depending on your choices. A lot of major celebrities don't have paparazzi following them.

Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

I hope we don't see no paparazzi today. Because I'm still getting acquainted with these jogging pants I threw on. Like, 'That's not my statement!'