With the mega-fame came the mega-downfall - you know, with the press and everything - and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen.
You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.
I was not prepared for fame. It hit me hard, and I did not have the capacity to cope.
Probably the worst thing that ever happened to the movies was the megahit.
Fame was not at all what it was cracked up to be, as far as I was concerned.
When you have had the kind of fame I had, I was always hounded by the media and I lived a very isolated life. Now it's even more difficult. The world has changed dramatically.
I saw the drawbacks of fame as a kid. It wasn't for me.
Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.
There's definitely a luxury to the fluidity of not being a mega-star. I've done a ton of really, really odd, off-the-wall movies. There's this movie I did called 'Queens of Country' a couple of summers ago that is so bananas, and if I was at a certain level, I probably would not have done that movie.
It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.