Joe Mande Quotes

Never believe people in this business who say they don't read what's written about them.

I read about myself in the papers all the time.

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.

It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.

Sometimes, when you see the newspaper and you read something I said, you say, 'Oh, I can't believe he said that.'

Sometimes you want to read what people write about you, obviously.

It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.

I was in a profession that received a lot of media.

He did once say the time to worry is when they stop writing about you but again I think that was pretty token of the coverage was very respectful, he rather resented the intrusions on his private life, but that was about it.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

Sometimes I get extremely disturbed with the things that are written. But you can't do anything about it. As a celebrity, you are putting yourself out there to be judged, and that's fine. I am now learning not to get affected by such things. I am building my career and making choices that I think are right while minding my own business.

If you're a public figure, people have the right to speculate and gossip.

Long ago, I had to sort of learn to have a thick skin to read some of the things you read in the papers and to also keep my ego in check when you read some really flattering things in the papers.

Seldom has a politician left public office with more self-generated fanfare than Sen. William S. Cohen.

Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it!

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.

It sounds odd, but it's almost hard to find a piece of negative press about myself.

Everything I post on social media, they make a headline out of it!

People say that I do things for publicity. But I will do the things I do as long as I have media support.

Rumors will always be there. So, good or bad you have to take them in your stride because you are a public figure.

The criticism from the media never really bothered me. I'd correct it when I can, but that's their job. If stuff wasn't personal, then it really didn't bother me.

In the offseason, sometimes I'll go on Google and see if anything's up about me, if anything's being said about me.