London:
Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe considers fame an "unfortunate byproduct" of his acting career.
The 'Gladiator' star hates the celebrity culture and especially the attention received by his young children Charles, six, and four-year-old Tennyson with his wife, singer-and-actress Danielle Spencer, reported Contactmusic.
"Some people believe celebrity is a power that should be used. Ultimately, your dollars are more powerful. I'm famous for making movies. Celebrity just happens to be an unfortunate byproduct of what I do," said the actor.
"Whatever used to be called mystery, you're not allowed to have that anymore. So there's a whole bunch of blank space that's filled in with stuff that fills up pages of newspapers. Which is not real, and you know it's not real, and I know it's not real. And readers don't really care because that's what they're interested in," said the Oscar-nominated actor.
The 46-year-old star has also compared being interviewed by journalists as being the same as "torture".
"If I ever was going to torture somebody, I'd put them in a room where they can't leave and have someone new come in every three minutes and ask the same question over a number of days and then weeks," said the actor.
The 'Gladiator' star hates the celebrity culture and especially the attention received by his young children Charles, six, and four-year-old Tennyson with his wife, singer-and-actress Danielle Spencer, reported Contactmusic.
"Some people believe celebrity is a power that should be used. Ultimately, your dollars are more powerful. I'm famous for making movies. Celebrity just happens to be an unfortunate byproduct of what I do," said the actor.
"Whatever used to be called mystery, you're not allowed to have that anymore. So there's a whole bunch of blank space that's filled in with stuff that fills up pages of newspapers. Which is not real, and you know it's not real, and I know it's not real. And readers don't really care because that's what they're interested in," said the Oscar-nominated actor.
The 46-year-old star has also compared being interviewed by journalists as being the same as "torture".
"If I ever was going to torture somebody, I'd put them in a room where they can't leave and have someone new come in every three minutes and ask the same question over a number of days and then weeks," said the actor.
