19 Renowned Celebs Who Don't Really Dig Being Famous, And Here's What They Have To Say

Between constant attention, lost privacy, and the pressure to stay visible, being well known is not always the dream it seems.

This roundup looks at 19 famous faces who have spoken openly about not loving every part of celebrity life. From dodging paparazzi to protecting their personal space, each one has found a different way to deal with the downside of being recognized everywhere they go.

Some of their stories are funny, some are frustrating, and all of them show that fame can be a lot less fun than people assume.

1. Robert Pattinson

"People don't realize how lonely you are. In any case, I feel fortunate because success didn't reach me very young; at least I had the opportunity to have a life before."Stefanie Keenan / Getty Images for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

2. Shailene Woodley

"The word 'fame' was hard for me because it felt like there was a separation between me and everyone else. I feel like that word alone is so stigmatized, and there are so many connotations associated with it that, for a long time, I refused to even acknowledge it."  Santiago Felipe / Getty Images

3. Billie Eilish

"There is no training; there's no school that teaches you how to be famous. Also, that would suck. That would be a trash school… Famous people suck. Fame is trash."Ogut / GC Images

4. Keanu Reeves

"I'll come out in the morning and get my newspaper (and they're there)," he said. "You feel like an animal in a cage."Sam Santos / Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures Canada

5. Shia LaBeouf

"The requirements for being a star/celebrity are, namely, you must become an enslaved body—just flesh—a commodity—and renounce all autonomous qualities in order to identify with the general law of obedience to the course of things."John Phillips / Getty Images for BFI

6. Brad Pitt

"Somehow, you're not supporting your film if you don't get out on a show and talk about your personal life. It has nothing to do with why I do this." Pool / Getty Images

7. Megan Fox

"They all think we should shut the fuck up and stop complaining because we live in a big house or drive a Bentley. What people don't realize is... you're being bullied by millions of people constantly."  Frazer Harrison / Getty Images

8. Lady Gaga

"I used to wake up in the morning and realize I was 'Lady Gaga.' Then I became very depressed and sad, and I didn't want to be myself. I felt threatened by the things my career brought into my life and the pace of my life."  Axelle / FilmMagic

Fame can be brutal in private, too, like Christina Applegate’s MS side effect that kept her from facing her reflection for a year.

9. Cameron Diaz

"Fame is infantilizing. It very much takes away from your own sense of autonomy and ability to take care of yourself."Tibrina Hobson / Getty Images

10. Gigi Hadid

"So, in a way, it's good because you learn that it's better to have a few really good friends than tons of friends you're not really sure about. There are people who understand that I love them and who know that when I get back to town, I'm going to call them. But sometimes I can't call every day because I'm in weird places."  John Shearer / WireImage

11. Jennifer Aniston

"I’ve really gotten a lot out of therapy. Just being a public person, there are a lot of amazing things that come with that," she told People magazine. "But there’s also a lot of tough stuff because we’re only human, and we tend to walk around with bullseyes on our heads." Steve Granitz / WireImage

12. Mila Kunis

"At one point when I was pregnant, [the tabloids] said that I had an emergency and was rushed to the hospital, and my face was on the cover," she explained. "The amount of stress that caused my family, nobody will understand."Gotham / GC Images

13. Jennifer Lawrence

"I think that we should be allowed time off. Three months. ‘Oh, it’s my three months off. You can’t photograph me.’ I would love to be able to control being photographed."  Taylor Hill / FilmMagic

14. Daniel Radcliffe

"The quickest way to forget about the fact that you are being watched is to get very drunk. Then, as you get very drunk, you become aware, ‘Oh, people are watching more now because I’m getting very drunk, so I should probably drink more to ignore that more.’"  Rich Fury / Getty Images for SXSW

15. Sia

"If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous," she wrote. "Imagine the stereotypical, highly opinionated, completely uninformed mother-in-law character and apply it to every teenager with a computer in the entire world."Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images

16. Kourtney Kardashian

"We were all raised knowing that the most important thing is family. I never really thought about fame as a kid, and even when we were talking about doing the show, I didn't really think about it. I wasn't like, 'Oh, we're doing this show—I'm going to be famous.' Sometimes I wish we weren't filming. I love being a mom, and sometimes I just wish no one knew who I was." Axelle / FilmMagic

17. Justin Bieber

"I became resentful, disrespectful to women, and angry. I became distant from everyone who loved me, and I was hiding behind a shell of the person I had become."  Kevin Mazur / Getty Images For The Met Museum/Vogue

18. Selena Gomez

"It’s a lonely journey to really figure out where all this stuff is coming from. And to detach from it. It becomes an addiction; it becomes a habit, retraining your mind to not go to these negative places when you say something wrong, do something wrong, wear a certain thing, or represent a certain culture. But it is lonely; I had to lose a lot of people in my life to get there."  Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images,

19. Cardi B

"One negative thing is that, even though I’m happy, I feel like I was a little bit happier two or three years ago when I had less money," she explained. "I had fewer people who had opinions about my life. I felt like my life was mine. Now I feel like I don’t even own my life. I feel like the world owns me." Axelle / FilmMagic

Sometimes, we don't really know if we should envy them, sympathize with them, or both. Life, whether you are on the famous spectrum or just on the normal side, will always be hard, and there will always be downsides wherever you end up, so we just need to buckle up!

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