Ricky Gervais Quotes

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

I feel for anybody who has that level of celebrity where you can't lead a normal life.

I don't like being a celebrity.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.

I want a private life, I truly do. I'm not just pretending to want one like lots of celebrities.

When you are a celebrity, nothing remains secret for very long.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

They used to but not any more. You kind of get used to it - you accept it is part of your job - if you're famous and you want this life, you have got to accept this part of it as well.

Celebrity damages private life.

I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.

Celebrity and secrets don't go together. The bastards will get you in the end.

I don't think most people decide to become an actor because they want to be followed around all the time... I see it when I'm with my brothers, and I don't get it. I don't understand why someone wants to take a photo of us getting out of a car or on the beach. I think that's really weird.

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convince people: I don't want you to know what I'm living, because it's none of your business.

The paparazzi stuff is a little weird. I used to leave the house in my pajamas. I can't do that anymore, but I'm not complaining!

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.

I've no wish to appear in celebrity magazines.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

The public already knows about me more than I ever wanted it to know.

It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't double - it grows exponentially. Because then suddenly everybody wants to be in your bedroom. But I don't really give them anything.

Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life.

I don't enjoy being a celebrity, I don't want any part of that or any part of that fame for fame... i'd actually rather die than be a celebrity slime!!!