J. J. Cale Quotes

I'm not shy, exactly, but I am private. I don't like to talk about myself. I had to learn - I was interviewed for print, radio and even TV.

I love doing interviews that are about work that I do, films that I make. I am not very interested in the rest. I think I have always been quite reserved and a bit frightened of that whole thing.

I don't really like seeing myself on TV doing interviews.

I'm very camera shy, but I realise it's important to promote films.

I'm not those kind of persons that's afraid to be on radio or TV, you know? I'm always the same.

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.

I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.

I have a lot of admiration for people willing to face the public, but I'd prefer not to.

I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

Jonny doesn't want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot.

I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.

I tend to avoid things like award shows and panels and interviews, not remotely because I feel I'm above them or wish to cultivate the image of the intriguing recluse. I'm just not very good at them.

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed.

Even to this day, I rarely read any articles on myself. I won't watch anything on television on myself.

Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself.

The truth is, in this age of Instagram and Facebook and Snapchat, we know way too much about athletes - and it's their fault.

It's not that I never do interviews or that I find them traumatic. It's just that I'm basically not that comfortable doing them.

I do give interviews, but I am generally media-shy because I am an introvert by nature.

You shouldn't inflict yourself on the public when your fifteen minutes is up.

I don't, frankly, want to be on television.

I don't want to go on a talk show and talk about stuff I don't know about.

I may have been on the cover of People and gone on 'David Letterman' and 'Arsenio Hall' because they had young audiences I wanted to talk to. But at the same time, I always did serious books or taught seminars.

Generally, I think what guys do is they get your number, because if I interview you on my show we can exchange information and I don't have a problem with that. But I think sometimes people are nervous to say things to me because they don't know if I'll blow them up on the air.

My biggest concern with the whole deal with 'Total Divas' and with WWE - and, you know, they want you to be engaged with social media and all this kind of stuff - I don't want to live my life to entertain other people.