Quotes About Publicity

Staying in a very public fight with the U.S. is exactly what Al Qaeda wants.

Kate Moss, for example - she's never given a lot of interviews. She stays so mysterious. Nobody knows who she is, really.

You step away from the public eye for too long, they don't care no more.

Being in the spotlight, you're always picked apart. It's not easy. But over time I've realized that you can't please everyone and when you feel overwhelmed, just take a step back. Love yourself first.

Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.

I'll never forget the moment in 1985 when I was riding my motorbike down the King's Road and I first saw the words David Linley on the sign on my first shop. I nearly came off my bike. It was so incredibly public; I suddenly realised there was to be no stepping away from my work because my name was all over it.

My heart goes out to the Lindsay Lohans and Britneys who have really had childhood taken from them and probably missed important developmental steps. They have become sort of 'public domain' and something to be made money on. There's no sense of self there, I'm sure of it.

Acting job can create a fantasy or stereotype for others. That's why we try not to show our personal lives so much.

I knew I had to be the gay stereotype that was on the front of the papers every day. And I did my job well. I played the game.

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

All politics is marketing. And in marketing, there are but two variables: product and salesmanship.

Your life changes after the limelight is on you. Sometimes, it is easy to get caught up in the nonsense.

I generally don't read articles about myself/'Chappelle's Show,' nor do I read reviews. It's basically playing Russian Roulette. They're not all gonna be positive.

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.

There is a constant tug-of-war between the competitor within me wanting to win, win, win and the human in me wanting to live a normal life with my family away from the public glare.

I normally have a healthy fear of journalists.

I can act normally, and I can go out, but people around you don't act normally. If it was normal, I'd go out and have my dinner and nobody would be video-phoning me eating my dinner.

I normally don't ever talk about my dating life or anything super personal in the press just because I feel like there's this fine line between what to keep to myself and what to share.

I'm not interested in being in 'Heat Magazine.'

I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.

I see the headlines on Blabbermouth, and the fans are saying, 'Why is he always talking about Dream Theater?' I'm not talking about Dream Theater! I get asked about it.

You get negative comments even if you are not talking. So you can't be scared of negative comments from people.

Attacking me and Fox News is nothing new - it's a cottage industry.

If you pay close attention, you'll notice we continually hear about basically the same 150 celebrities.