Quotes About Publicity

You just go from sort of normal life - nobody knowing your name and what you look like - to it being a matter of two months or something and there are people making posters and holding your name up and camping outside your house and really crazy stuff.

Just because someone sends you some gloves you don't need to keep making several posts with them. That's not how it works, you have to value your image.

Celebrity culture is... it's not something that I'm attracted to. I guess I don't think of myself in that way, but potentially other people do. I feel I'm at the far periphery of that.

When I gain a pound it's in the headlines.

I don't consider myself a celebrity. That would be kind of sad.

You can't care what anybody else thinks - even though your life is out there maybe for a bit of public consumption.

People like controversy because that's what sells.

My family is used to all manner of controversy.

My books have all generated controversy.

Controversy sells books.

I think I was born for controversies.

Hollywood listens to money and to controversy.

I'm one of those controversial celebs or whatever you want to call it, but I am actually a musician - people forget this.

I hate controversies and want to be in the news for the right reasons.

I don't feel people are that interested in snooker any more and the only thing that will get snooker back into the limelight is more controversy.

Everything controversial is good for boxing.

Yeah, I am controversy's favourite child. But I am of the opinion that I come back stronger after every controversy.

As far as controversies are concerned, as an actor for the first time when there was something written about me I was affected. But then I decided that this is part of my profession.

My name is always just added into any controversy without clarifying with me first.

I do like making things a bit controversial - I think that's what sells and what catches people's ear.

Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.

At the end of the day, even if you are cooler than Obama, the media will never let you be cooler.

I don't think I could cope with being David Schwimmer-ly famous.

I'm not coping very well with all the attention, if I'm honest.