Unwanted Interaction Quotes

At times, I lack privacy.

I abhor nothing more than bumping into someone I know on the Tube.

Hey man! Get away from me!

But, you know, it's still a drag to get your picture taken when you're eating a sandwich. It's a downer.

What you don't see are the cameras shoved in my face and the bizarre intrusive questions being asked, or the people falling over themselves, screaming and taunting to get a reaction.

I'll just be sitting down having dinner with girlfriends or something and people come up and ruin the dinner.

If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business.

One time I was at a swimming pool with my kids, a public pool. I had my daughter, my six year old, on my arm like this. She was like clamped on, and she's kicking. ... And then she got off and another random child just clamped on. It's like a rat. "Get off of me." "But I love you." "I don't know you, kid."

I've been asked about this constantly, and I compare it to how if you're walking down the street and some schizo guy comes up to you and vomits on you: You wouldn't be hurt by that, you'd just think it's weird.

The first time we played in Berlin, there was this guy who went into the show expecting Steve Perry. He was so frustrated, he threw this paper cup filled with beer on me.

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

If you don't like me, don't turn your television on at the holidays, because you won't be able to escape.

I just don't like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes you become insincere. There is no way you can react to it sincerely.

I hate it when people come up to me when I'm eating.

I was out with my mum when a man started screaming at me: 'Georgia Groome. I love you.' Mum and I just looked at each other for a split second - and then ran away as fast as we could.

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love talked trash about the fact that I hooped. I once stopped to say 'Hi' before a show, and as I walked away, Courtney yelled, 'Go play basketball with Dave Grohl!'

A telemarketer has as much right to force people to listen to a sales pitch as a door-to-door salesman has to force himself into a home.

I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.

There's a reason why, outside of me dropping a few, people don't throw my way, man.

Sometimes you have trouble because someone 'likes' your music so much. They follow you around for hours singing little bits of the songs, or just freaking out.

If I go to a restaurant, other people stare. The meal is ruined.

It would be more weird if people didn't stare at me or shout at me.

The thing that is uncomfortable is when people kind of stare for a long time and point. That gets weird. I'd much prefer someone to come up to me and say something.