Unwanted Spotlight Quotes

I don't know how I became controversy's favourite child.

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

I was a relatively anonymous guy, and for whatever reason, I became one of the villains for the Right.

I'm not in public life except by accident.

I've got way more attention than I ever needed or wanted.

You become very known for being someone's girlfriend, and all of a sudden there's all this hype and buzz for all the wrong reasons.

At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start eating things.

Just as with the man in the fairy tale who turned whatever he touched into gold, with me everything is turned into newspaper clamor.

It's so disappointing that I've become a tabloid story.

There was a massive poster of me down my road, right outside the chip shop. I was about to go in, but then I saw it and changed my mind. Me coming out with a bag of chips, while I'm up there doing crunches on the poster... well, it would not look good.

I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.

I don't like attention.

There's no good way to be the center of a media maelstrom you did not choose for yourself.

I would be in class, and we'd talk about influencers and brand deals, and my face would pop up on the screen and they'd start talking about me! They had no idea that I was sitting in the class. I never wanted anyone to know.