Paparazzi Quotes

In France we have a law which doesn't allow the press to publish a photo that you didn't approve. It lets the paparazzi take the picture, but if they publish this picture, you have the choice to sue the newspaper. So me, I always sued them.

We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden.

The airport paparazzi kind of wigs me out a little bit.

I love driving, but sometimes, I'm not too good at it because I spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror if I know I'm being followed. You don't respond like, 'Oh, there's paparazzi.' It's more like, 'There's a man, and he's going to attack me.' That's how your body responds.

There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-writing, in how I dress, in how I live, in my relationships, in how I navigate paparazzi, how I decorate my home. There's such a continuity between everything that I don't really care what form it shows up in.

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: "I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me."

I never care about myself out in public when I get the paparazzi swarming me.

Some girls love to go to the airport and have 50 paparazzi on them. I go to the airport and have a mental breakdown.

You can't complain about the pressures, the paparazzi, the madness. Because that is the job. I've always understood that's the deal.

I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.

Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.

Because when you go out, and you have fun, basically you're performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi. And when you perform and create this story, they're chuffed - they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.

The paparazzi terrify and torment people and endanger people and it's really unpleasant.

The problem with paparazzi is that it makes you question your boundaries, like, how do I say, 'That's enough guys?'

I experienced a lot of loss after his death. I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us. I actually lost my journal during that time, oddly enough. I literally couldn't hold on to anything.

I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?'

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi.

Sometimes I think they should set up an asylum for people like that... a whole slew of paparazzi defending their positions.

You can't control the paparazzi. But if you go to Coachella you're going to get photographed. Whereas if you're at home, walking down the street you probably won't. It's something I've learnt to navigate my way around but I try to keep my private life private.

Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.

I can't go to war with paparazzi.

I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them.

I'm afraid of buying a house or anything, 'cause if there's one paparazzi outside for one day, then they'll never leave.

My mother emails me stuff about when she finds a paparazzi photo and they're like, his hair is out of control.

The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didn't think about it coming along with the job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it.

I don't court paparazzi. I definitely don't like that part of it.

I like to sneak in under the radar. I don't have any paparazzi following me or have to deal with that stuff. I'm never in the tabloids. I prefer that.