There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.
Life becomes difficult when you're in this public eye, and I think that we all relate to each other and I try and really talk about it in my music.
The last couple of years were hell. Like, I can't even tell you, it was so hard. I didn't know how to handle it. But I think I'm in a much better place now, because I stepped away for a second and took a breath. Hollywood is a funny place. It offers so much, but it can also take a lot away from you.
You see Justin Bieber and Robert Pattinson, what they go through, and dude, that's not as exciting as it looks.
If you get to be a really big headliner, you have to be prepared for people throwing bottles at you in the night.
The hard part of being a celebrity is staying one!
Nobody prepares you for what happens when you get famous, and I didn't handle it well.
In the pressure cooker of a TV show, it’s a little bit of a witches’ brew. I completely think I’m capable of being crazy. I probably was crazy when I was doing 'The Simpsons'.
Growing up in public is a test, and not many people know how to do it.
These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
What I've noticed is that when people win huge and they have those huge, huge successes, sometimes they forget about the actual acting of it, and sometimes it's hard to come down from their perch.
There are a lot of people who want to be famous nowadays: singers, actors and, you know, it's like a roller-coaster. And when you are very sensitive - I'm very sensitive - you have to be very strong... You have to just not pay attention to the people who hate you, you know?
There are a lot of things about fame that are not conducive to being curious. It's been important for me to cloister myself off.
I don't wish stardom on anyone. When I hear people say, 'this guy's a star,' I always say, 'good luck.'
There are a lot of perks that come with fame and with every positive there's a negative and then it all kind of balances out. The travelling is great. You get to see so many different places but there's a downside; having everything splattered across every media resource that exists, being chased by photographers and have them sit at the end of your driveway every day. But it all kind of balances.
Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.
There's so many moving pieces, but to be as public as I've become and to be at the front and take the brunt of anything that happens is a huge responsibility, but also something that takes some time to step into and that has been really challenging.
Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons!
I get asked to do panel shows, and reality stuff, like getting in a cage with a shark. I got asked to do a 'Strictly' special, but it's not my bag. If I'm being interviewed, that's OK, but anything else fills me with dread.
The people I meet on the street satisfy my need to make contact with the fans. I love to meet them and I never say no to pictures. If an actor sees that as a curse, I think they need to go and be a roofer for a while. Or try out being a garbage man and seeing how they like it.
Time helps a lot. I found the fame thing really was a torment for a while. Then you learn to deal with it.
A footballer can have even more problems than other people. Sometimes money and fame can become a problem, too.
'I'm a Celebrity' was so much harder than I originally thought. Until you are in the jungle, you don't really know what you're in for.
I haven't yet figured out how to be a celebrity; that's something I'm learning, and I wish there were a course on how to handle it. I have to be aware that my kinesphere may be larger than I want it to be.
The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.
