Quotes About Publicity

In Israel, I don't do any interviews at all. I don't want to be a celebrity in Israel.

I like to just be humble. The more interviews, the more embarrassed I kind of get.

We didn't want to do any more interviews. The more we talked, the worse things got.

The attention and all the interviews and all that, it has been wild and something that I'm not used to.

I don't like to do interviews, to be honest. I hate interviews.

With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.

Celebrity is intoxicating.

Being a celebrity can be very intoxicating and very addicting. And I've always been afraid of that, because I've grown up post-almost every child star out there who has gone wayward.

People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.

Mark Zuckerberg needs no introduction these days, what with all the magazine covers and morning news shows. My mother knows who he is now, and my mother can hardly turn on a computer.

I do give interviews, but I am generally media-shy because I am an introvert by nature.

I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.

Invariably, when people read the headline about Martin Shkreli, they hate Martin Shkreli. When they get to know Martin Shkreli, they love Martin Shkreli.

It's hard growing up in the limelight. People invent stories. They call me a man-eater. An innocent date with a friend becomes a major scandal.

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce.

It isn't always simple when America discovers you at 11 years old. Suddenly, it's not just homework that you're responsible for. Your name becomes a hashtag, and if you're lucky, you might even get invited on 'Ellen.'

Anything with Tito Ortiz's name on it will always involve a bit of controversy.

Why is it only when Rajinikanth is involved that you want to write controversies?

Ironically, I don't like having cameras in my face.

How irritating it must be for people, to be bombarded with me!

I've never been the kind of guy who finds attention irritating.

When I did 'Percy Jackson,' people told me, 'Oh, you're going to be so famous... you're not going to be able to walk down the street... it's going to be huge,' and it wasn't - although it was big for my career.

From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.

We were marching since we were babies and all we did was make Jane Fonda famous.