I've had people turn up to book signings with knives, with guns.
There's a lot of good fans out there, but there's also a lot of bad - I don't want to say bad people, but a lot of people who just want to try to get on your nerves and stuff like that, man.
I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
I never thought I would be in a situation where I would have to go into the stands and actually help my teammate fight fans. But at that time, there's no way I could have lived with myself knowing that my teammate is in the stands fighting and I'm not helping him.
We were walking through Petco Park after a signing, and this girl plowed through security and grabbed onto my neck and started pulling. Her grip was so impressively strong that this huge security guard was struggling to get her off of me. I was like, 'Whoa. That's kind of crazy.'
I'm the ayatollah of the Jane Austen fan base! I want to lead the fan base, not be attacked and devoured by the fan base.
I don't follow English soccer because it's become a game for hooligans.
Fans in Brazil cross the line. A few times at Fluminense, the fans would go to the airport after we had played away to shout at us.
Anytime a fan touches you, you have the right to beat the hell out of him
I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation.
From the point of view of being in the public radar, comedians have less problems than other actors. Action movie stars like Stallone or Schwarzenegger usually attract the more aggressive fans.
I've had fans try and jump the guard rail. I've had fans key my car. I've had fans try to stab me.
