Arthur Golden Quotes

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

If we could have somehow stayed away from the public and the press, it might have been different, but every private issue seemed to be played out on the front page.

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!

Acting is a cruel enough business. One minute everyone's going 'Hey!' and the next they're going 'Who?'. You certainly don't need people knowing your private business, especially if you want to come out with your head still attached.

I tried to keep it secret, but the story got into the newspapers. It was more difficult for my family, who couldn't understand why the media wouldn't leave me in peace.

I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide.

I wouldn't want everything in my personal life spread on a billboard any more than anyone else would, because we've all had our escapades.

I'm happy when my name's not in the paper.

I don't like to be talked about, especially by somebody that doesn't know me.

I wouldn't want anything on my personal life making its way into the public domain.

I don't want people talking about me, for good or bad.

I don't want to be the type of person to have my relationships plastered in magazines.

Obviously you don't want to be anonymous, but you don't want everyone to know your life.

I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive.

I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

I don't crave publicity, you know.

My relationship with Salman Khan is too personal to talk about. I take my work like any other regular job, and what I do in my personal life is no one's business. I'd rather let my work do all the talking.

We are extremely private, and we really got sort of ambushed by the notoriety.

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.

I can't imagine having a real personal thing, like divorce and marriage, all those things, being in the public eye. I try to not talk about anything personal, and then nobody has the fire to throw back at you, like 'You said this back then!'

The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.

It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

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 try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.