Celebrity Vulnerability Quotes

I damaged my health during 'Les Mis,' which I didn't want to mention in case it seemed like I was courting sympathy.

I know people who say Hollywood broke her heart, and all that, but I dont believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she adored and trusted the wrong people. She was very courageous-you know the book Twelve Against the Gods? Marilyn was like that, she had to challenge the gods at every turn.

Okay, that so did me in. Mr. Rock being all emotional? Expressing his feelings?" p. 12

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.

I've been in a room with Britney Spears and she's lovely. I remember thinking, 'You're just this vulnerable girl who got a lot of fame very fast.'

Part of being famous is offering up this blank screen upon which people can project everything, and it's a sacred act, putting yourself out there, in a way that lots of celebrities aren't steeled for; they're not prepared for the degree to which people define them.

You're a sitting duck in a mall if you're a celebrity. It's like that scene from 'Guarding Tess,' I think it is, where Shirley MacLaine goes to the mall just to feel good about her celebrity.

People think that celebrities are this untouchable thing, and they forget that we're people with emotions and feelings. They don't realize that it affects us when they comment on pictures on Instagram or Twitter, saying mean things, just as it would affect anybody.

I wish I'd not taken off all my clothes in my first television series, 'The Camomile Lawn.'

In fact, the first time I ever got naked on TV was the biggest confidence booster of my life.