Media Circus Quotes

…Democrats are complaining that they can’t get their message out … because Donald Trump has blotted out the media sun. … The eclipse won’t end. The media has turned the Trump presidency into a phenomenon of constant self-absorption—their self-absorption in this one person. Donald Trump has become the biggest balloon in a political Macy’s parade of modern media’s own creation. They could let go of the ropes. But they won’t.

I've been avoiding journalists my whole life.

Pundits, media companies and politicians have discovered that it is emotion, not reason, that wins votes and pulls in eyeballs. It’s fun and lucrative while it lasts, but the Greeks and Romans can tell you precisely what it does to a civilization in the long run.

If I never hear of Kim Kardashian and Casey Anthony again, it would make my entire day.

The paparazzi is kind of crazy here in L.A., but it's nothing like it is in London. They are animals over there, it's insane.

I avoid the media circus, keep my head down and try to keep growing and learning things.

I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy.

Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.

The Harding/Kerrigan saga was one of the first feeding-frenzy stories that would forever change news coverage.

The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop.

I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard.

'Scandal' is soooo Hollywood. It's not me.

In 'John Henry Days,' I was taking my idea of junketeering and sort of blowing it up to absurd extremes.

The media circus got a bit twisted when I was in London. It became a bit of a joke, really. In Paris, they're so serious, I can take myself really seriously, too. I can get really morbid without people telling me to cheer up.

Awards shows have devolved into self-parodies - liberals in limos, corny insider jokes delivered by the hosts among bad teleprompter reading from the some of the best thespians on the planet.

Mr. Trump is primarily a television personality. As such, he is judged by that standard. This means that a scandal does not call forth a response; it calls forth the desire for a bigger scandal.

In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.

The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'

As incredible as television has become, it often feels like a sideshow in what has become a daily three-ring media circus.

In 2007, Lindsay Lohan seemed to be on top of the world, a bona fide star who had her pick of acting gigs. But it wasn't long before the veneer cracked, and Lindsay's life began to shatter.

We've all seen the media endlessly focus on the personal lives of celebrities. Most of it is gossip and tabloid fodder.

The O. J. Simpson trial was the launching-off point for a lot of our pop culture and news culture habits and touchstones.

I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.

Politics has become entertainment.

I grew up with the media circus. My whole life. My parents were very calm about the photographers, the fans, and all that. But I understood right away that I hadn't done anything to deserve that attention. No matter what happens, it will be there. I didn't choose it. You just can't take that too seriously. You need to live your life. And stay calm.