Jean Cocteau Quotes

I won't let people write anything they want to about me.

Comey is a particularly infuriating character, and I think what he has always been about, from when he was the deputy attorney general under President Bush, is about protecting his own reputation.

People have a good image of me. It's not these tramps who are going to tarnish my image. They should stop lying to the French people. It annoys me that people talk about 'your image'. My image is great in France. When I'm abroad, I don't even talk about it. But in France it's just these people, these parasites.

I've never been interested in self-promotion and that side of politics; and if that means people judge that you're less prominent than others, that's a choice I've been willing to make.

Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.

That really is my trademark. Day to day, week in, week out. If something happens and the crowd roars, I shut up.

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

Sohu will protect you from yourself.

I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.

You project a version of yourself to the public to protect and insulate yourself a little bit. Actors come up with a version of themselves in order to protect the real person.

It wasn't that I was shy to go out with him, I just didn't want people with preconceived notions to assume anything about why we were together. I was pretty careful for a while.

All I can say is I was a lot more discreet as a candidate than I was in real life. Can I say that? Maybe it's indiscreet to talk about discretion.

I ain't go on media and spazz. That's what crash dummies do. That ain't what I do.

Laws provide against injury from others, but not from ourselves.

Our adversaries think they can gain a point, if they could force me to openly deny this charge. For this reason, it must not publicly appear that I am paying any attention to the charge.

I will not sit by and watch good people smeared.

One of the strange things about doing publicity is that a mistake in a newspaper profile long ago is repeated and amplified over time.

I won't share everything, both in my act or in interviews. Some of the people who become the most famous are the most self-revelatory, and I'm like, 'No, it's just not worth it to me.'

When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.

Kanye is so much fun. He's a wonderful person. What I love about Kim and Kanye is that I think they save their happy moments and their smiles for themselves rather than sharing everything with the public. And listen, when a camera is shoved in your face trying to take a selfie, you do not want to smile.

When you're in the limelight, you can't always lash out.

I'm not as open as I used to be. I'm a little bit more filtered, and it kind of sucks, but it's the price you pay to get paid.

Don't let my facial expressions fool you. I try to stay poised and calm at all times, but I'm having a blast.

Everybody says not to respond to people on social media, but I'm not about to let my reputation be known as a slow player. I just don't appreciate that.

Libel law was developed to protect the reputations of individuals, not corporations.