Quotes About Publicity

A pseudo-event… comes about because someone has planned, planted, or incited it. Typically, it is not a train wreck or an earthquake, but an interview.

A sign of a celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature; the celebrity reveals the possibilities of the media.

When the Internet publicity began, I remember being struck by how much the world was not the way we thought it was, that there was infinite variation in how people viewed the world.

It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product.

It's a blessing and a curse to have your whole life viewed by millions.

Being launched into a show with two million viewers every night made me instantly famous. I found it quite difficult to deal with but it got easier.

I would never say no at a red-carpet event. It's part of the job. Without the viewers we are nothing, so a simple picture is hardly too much to ask.

The tabloids had a field day with 'Tipping The Velvet,' which was great for the viewing figures but not necessarily for the actors involved.

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

I wish it was possible to do the work and not have to talk about it, but it is traditional in the theater to go into the village square and bang the drum and say, 'Come see this show, come see this show.'

There was definitely a lack of any sort of villain in the Clinton era, which is why, when Columbine happened, it was easy to pick on me. My face was around, and it made good TV.

Because of my flamboyant lifestyle, because of me being German, the way I am, I am the easiest person to sell as a villain. I'm the perfect target.

I was a relatively anonymous guy, and for whatever reason, I became one of the villains for the Right.

A lot of people want to get involved, so thinking up Vines that require crowds is always good. But I've definitely gotten tweets before that were like, 'Just saw Logan Paul shooting a Vine and ran in the other direction!' so it's not for everyone.

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.

When you become a 'public person,' I find it very difficult to keep following social media. It is too harsh, too violent. I only read newspapers online.

That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.

I enjoy the life I have now, but I also enjoy doing regular stuff. I can't pull up to the club and stay outside no more. I can't be at anybody's table. A picture or video can go viral, and it can be misinterpreted.

No one cares about anything until it's something that goes viral. It's most certainly frustrating.

When you receive national recognition for leading the nation's toughest crackdown on illegal immigration and serving as Donald Trump's Virginia State Chairman, you get used to being falsely labeled as racist and xenophobic by the mainstream media, especially by 'The Washington Post''s editorial board, which has labeled me as such things for years.

People conclude that if the famous can be dragged through the virtual public square and unceremoniously dumped, the fate of any random tweeter or the average man or woman on the street can seem even more precarious.

There was a time when you would dream about, say, movie stars. Now, you virtually follow them into their bathroom when they're going to the loo.

Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.