#public-persona

#public-persona

Judy Garland, in the mid-nineteen-sixties, expressed her frustration with fame, stating, 'Do you realize how many people have talked about me, written about me, imitated me?' This highlights the overwhelming nature of celebrity.

I'm late for the school run. I'm stuck in traffic. I'm meant to be at my laptop, but I'm having to do it on my phone, in my car.

The main character in the show (wealthy former Seinfeld showrunner Larry David) was so superficially similar to its creator (wealthy former Seinfeld showrunner Larry David) that people started to assume they were one and the same. And David seemed to welcome this, shying from most opportunities to reveal himself. On talkshows, he likes to retreat behind the same clutch of anecdotes.

maybe the happiest and healthiest

I don't feel like I'm on in the way sometimes I hear that word... I don’t feel like I, you know, I turn it on like that. It’s not performed.

I don't like fame. I don't like the sense of belonging to the public,