Quotes About Publicity

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you lose your privacy.

The soundtrack of O Brother is the most publicity I've gotten. I don't feel that I have lost any of my old fans, but I have gained new ones.

I can't say to Elton, 'Hey, let's walk around the corner and have a coffee.' Someone as well-known as that can't go anywhere in the world without being recognised. Elton has written the soundtrack to a lot of people's lives, so they feel a kinship with him, so they come up, and that does colour things.

Well don't demand the spotlight if you can't handle the attention.

People do not realize that the media is paid to get your attention. For a journalist, silence rarely surpasses any word.

in spite of how hyped they were at the time of publication.

The world has a talent for rewarding bad behaviour with stardom

Pundits on television news programs discuss politics as a horse race or compare the effectiveness of pseudo-events staged by candidates. They do not discuss ideas, issues, or meaningful reform.

The Daily Mirror called me a 'money-grabbing reptile' once. I could cope with the reptile part, but 'money-grabbing' hurt.

Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable.

It's been a misery for me, living with Christine Keeler.

There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have to go put out fires. So it's much easier to say, 'No comment.'

I'm very used to being misquoted.

Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.

I am one of the most famous people in Russia, which is maybe not modest, but it's true.

The cover of Mojo, that was good for us.

I still enjoy acting. I love the moment in front of the camera, but it's all the other moments that I don't enjoy. The 'business' aspect of it, the gossip. I really dislike about 99% of what I do, but I like that 1% when I'm on camera.

You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you.

That's what media do. They make you out to be a monster.

Whenever someone comes up to me saying, 'I saw you in 'Carlos' and then I saw the rest of your movies,' for me, it's an expression that we might be doing something well. So my life hasn't changed that much. I just try not to go to very crowded places if I'm not in the mood.

This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.

More than anything else, being famous just didn't agree with me.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.