Debi Mazar plays publicist Shauna on the HBO series Entourage.

“The business has changed as far as the perception of celebrity,” she notes. “Before, you know, you were a working actor and it was cool, and people knew who you were. Now there’s all this tabloid bulls**t and perks that didn’t happen before. People are basically interested in who is having sex with who, what they’re wearing, how they’re living. There’s a lot of ‘we have to hide this from the press’ and ‘this can’t be known.’ It’s like: Can we just make the f**king movie?

“For me, I don’t have a publicist. I don’t want to talk about my personal life. I don’t want to talk about my process. I don’t want to be a model and do fashion shoots. It’s nice to be an entertainer, but I’m a reluctant celebrity. … the media adds so much pressure to celebrities’ personal lives that it’s really destructive. I miss journalism and witty writing and people being creative. //

“Well, I think my career would probably be in a better place had I been more aggressive. But I don’t have it in me. I’m not a competitive person, and I’m also really private.”

quotes and photo from hbo.com/entourage

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