Alan Alda Quotes

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.

What stars do in their off-hours is a never-ending source of diddling curiosity to the tabloid sensibility.

I can't stand the gossip of celebrities' lives, all the time! Every minute!

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.

I think we know too much about actors as it is and their personal lives and it's this information age where we're stimulated constantly by the celebrity buzz effect or whatever it is, these web sites and blogs and different things.

We've all seen the media endlessly focus on the personal lives of celebrities. Most of it is gossip and tabloid fodder.

I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them.

There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

I hate that tabloid idea of anybody who is famous having to forfeit their privacy.

Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.

There's so much focus on celebrity these days; we're in the Kardashian era, and it's slightly scary.

Nobody cares about your autograph. There are cameras everywhere, and there are media outlets for them to 'file their story'.

I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.

We see everything. We see what celebrities buy at the supermarket. It's ridiculous. It's that visibility. I'm confused by this whole celebrity-obsessed culture.

I think the media has got into this Enquirer mentality. Years ago, legitimate press didn't really concern itself with sordid details of people's personal lives. That wasn't the focus. But also a lot of celebrities were bullied into revealing this breakup or tragedy or divorce or problem. They started to talk about it and the press just started to talk about people's private lives. That just seems to be the norm.

It's flattering that people want to know so much about me and want to take the time to make up that many things about me.

When I came to England I was quite surprised to see that you people have it too. But why people are so interested in other people's private lives is beyond me. It's like group hypnosis, or something - a giant distraction.

I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.

Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst.

It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am.

The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with.

A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.