Jack Black Quotes

After becoming an actor, it's the privacy that I miss.

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

The worst thing about being famous is the invasion of your privacy.

Celebrity damages private life.

People are always asking me for pictures, signing autographs, everywhere I go. Before, it used to irritate me, but I've learned to handle the situation. I cannot run away unless I lock myself in my room and never go out.

I have to pay a huge price to express myself. You get people asking to take photos all the time; you can't ride the subway... I still ride the subway, but there's always people sneaking photos or coming up to you.

There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.

Fame invades your private life. It takes away from the time that you spend with friends, and the time that you can work. It tends to isolate you from the real world.

I'm famous, so I can't, like, really walk around in malls and stuff like that. I don't really have as much privacy.

Invisibility is the only thing that fame cost me. I used to be able to go places and blend in. Anonymity is something you lose on this side of things.

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!

But I just wonder what it would be like to be able to go places without people recognizing me.

I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.

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

I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

I look at Justin Bieber and my heart breaks for him, because I know what he's going to go through. He knows it. Everybody knows it.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

You have people who are so passionate and touched by my work, which is so humbling. But other times, it's a little overwhelming. If I'm just trying to go to the bodega and get some coconut water, I have to put on a hat and some glasses - those kind of things.

It's hard being in the public eye.

With this acting and this lifestyle, your privacy does get taken a little.

It's been perfect. I can still ride a subway and work with great people. I can't imagine being Julia Roberts. I don't have the fortitude to withstand that kind of attention.

The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous....You know I didn't think they'd rake through my bins, I didn't expect to be photographed on the beach through long lens. I never dreamt it would impact my daughter's life negatively, which at times it has. It would be churlish to say there's nothing good about being famous; to have a total stranger walk up to you as you're walking around Safeways, and say a number of nice things that they might say about your work.