Michael Douglas Quotes

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

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

I don't like being a celebrity.

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

The truth is, I suppose I am now public property; and a public inn is the place where people can have access to me.

The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but I'm not complaining!

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.

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

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.

I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

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.

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 don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

It's part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what's been printed about me.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

I'm not on Page Six, because I don't have anything salacious happening in my life... unfortunately.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

I tell you, the paparazzi would not be sitting outside if they realized I was the most boring person in Hollywood.

There are times when you see how ridiculous is this life, how ludicrous it is, you know, leaving your house every morning and being followed by paparazzi.

I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double - it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don't really give them anything.

The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then I realized the things you say get printed and the people you're involved with read them. That's what's tricky. Nothing goes unnoticed. I don't want to get myself in trouble!

Celebrity damages private life.