Quotes About Publicity

People aren't throwing themselves at me, but I also don't go out very much. Like, when I do go out, it's for breakfast, so it's a little hard to throw yourself at me during breakfast.

I know my name is thrown out there and I could care less about it. It is something that comes with the sport when you are on top of the podium.

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.

I think that being thrown into instant fame must be, at times, difficult.

For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.

Being in the public eye, you can't really avoid a lot of questions. A lot of questions are being thrown at you, whether it's about your personal life or your personal beliefs, and I'm happy to answer them all.

I used to be cagey about my love life. I was cagey for four years. Az and I only decided to come out because we were pregnant. Otherwise, we would have kept it quiet. It really was a case of staying private. I am not one of those people who frivolously throws their private life out there.

Once you thrust yourself out there in the public domain, it's really hard to retreat, to say no or reclaim that certain part of your life as private.

It was all part of being a Beatle, really: just getting lugged around and thrust into rooms full of press men taking pictures and asking questions.

I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

Celebrities choose fame. Royals have it thrust on them.

Everyone who's recognized me has been very nice, which I'm very grateful for. It's kind of thrust me into this world of being known, which is a good thing and a bad thing.

I think as a teen who was thrust into the public eye pretty quickly, I got overwhelmed easily and felt constant pressure to be a certain type of person.

Ever since Obama's election team and media thugs made me famous for asking a simple question in 2008, I've had more than my share of death threats by people who are by definition at least a little crazy.

If you've got a shot at having some 30 million people give you thumbs up or thumbs down every week, you take it.

I see sometimes how guys may make a buffoon of themselves to sell a few more tickets. They create this image, and when it's all said and done, it's like everything falls out from under them. They have no stability. I never wanted to be one of those guys.

Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt.

Muhammad Ali wasn't loved, people forget that, but people paid for tickets to see him fight. In retirement, he's loved. As long as people are talking about you, that's a good thing.

Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.

There are certain things people always bring up with me. The accident. The drugs. And how tight my pants were.

What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real.

I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.