Quotes About Publicity

he had detailed, well-thought-out proposals for a campaign of films, posters and press publicity to win the people to these ideas. Collins had political skills and powers of oratory of which the least that can be said is that he was better equipped than most men to make his dreams come true.

ironically in view of the great volume of publicity given to the terms of the Boundary Clause and its impact on the 'wishes of the inhabitants', this was the period in which the Northern Government introduced the deceptively styled Representation of the People Bill (No. 2). In fact its effect would be to gerrymander Counties Tyrone and Fermanagh so that the wishes of the Catholic inhabitants of those areas could not be electorally expressed.

Don't pay any attention to what they write about you, just measure it in inches."—Andy Warhol

Ninguém (excepto, talvez, um tirano) tem uma vida privada capaz de sobreviver à exposição pública com intenções hóstis.

As she would later admit, she 'occasionally set up a paparazzi photo or let info slip out to the press'.135

Robert Maxwell had always yearned to manage a publicly quoted company, not just for the prestige but, more pertinently, to enable him to play with other people's money. The Maxwell Communication Corporation was that tool, marred though it was for him by a colossal defect: the legal requirement for public accountability.

If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.'

I don't consider myself to be incredibly confident, or really lacking in confidence. When you're on Jonathan Ross' or Graham Norton's show, inevitably there's something to sell. And there's a live audience; you're sat between Cameron Diaz and Tinie Tempah - I don't really see it as 'me.' It would be odd if it was.

Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

In a way, certain sections of the media always wanted to knock me because I had captained my country and been skipper at Old Trafford. It was all a bit odd really.

It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.

It sounds odd, but it's almost hard to find a piece of negative press about myself.

Every time I give an interview, I seem to offend somebody in my family, usually my mother.

There's absolutely nothing anyone can say about my mother or myself or my step-father that we haven't heard before. You'd have to be a Dickens or a Nabakov to come up with something really offensive.

Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.

Ever since 'Bigg Boss' happened, a lot of entertainment and movie offers poured in.

It's a little daunting to know you're going to take off your clothes and 16 million people are going to see it. It's not a normal day at the office.

As soon as I finish a job, I'm like, 'Geez, I got away with that, and I got paid all right!' But then you get to the press junket, and I'm like, 'Oh God, this is where you earn your money.'

I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.

I've come to terms with the fact that if you're on TV, lots of people like you and lots of people hate you, and once you're OK with that, you apply it to everything.

I really hate people who feel their private lives should be paraded, and there are magazines like 'Hello!,' 'OK' and 'Bella' totally devoted to this.

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.

I didn't realize that winning the Olympics at age 14 automatically put me in the category of being a celebrity.

One of the things that was probably to Dad's discredit was that he was never a fund-raiser. But he didn't live in an era of TV ads.