Quotes About Publicity

I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.

There's a lot of hating on social media - and I'm not the only one, I'm 100 percent sure. Pick the best player possible - all-time or one who's playing today - everybody has something to say.

It takes me about three years to write a book. They're very complex, and they take a lot of research, but also because the more popular your books get, the more popular you get, and people want to haul you off and look at you.

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

You certainly don't want to market the president as if he or she were a box of breakfast cereal.

I don't want that to be the headline.

When people write about me, they usually start off with the headline 'World's Greatest Con Man.'

People love talking about how much an actor makes. A lot of headline space is dedicated to this.

I don't believe in beating people up just for the sake of grabbing a headline.

Whenever you're the leader in any industry, you get more headlines.

Nobody was talking about healthcare until 'Sicko' came out.

The public doesn't want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.

I was asked about doing a nude shoot for men's magazine GQ. I thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard.

It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name.

A breakup is hard enough, and to have it all filmed and have to re-watch it and know that people all across the country are watching you get your heart broken, it is embarrassing. It's not fun. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

Sometimes I just got off of an international flight and people are like running up, screaming and hollering, and want to take pictures. They don't really understand like, 'Dude, I'm tired. Just say hello. Keep it moving.'

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

While we glorify football players for their accomplishments on the field, they are not heroes.

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

I had not expected to ever be in a position to able to say, 'Hey, see the magazine with J. Lo on the cover? They reviewed my book inside.'

Getting attention is my business. My whole life's predicated on, 'Hey, look at me!'

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters.

I'm so public about my love life I'm really not trying to hide anything.