My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.
The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.
The public made me and then encouraged me for many years, and my future even now depends upon it.
Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
I don't know what I've done that has made people so interested in me, more than anyone else.
You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better!
I'm astonished to say, but people are really pleased to hear what happened to me, the way I got a little bit more confident, the people I've met, and the things I didn't know.
Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.
It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.
My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.