Debi Mazar on publicity
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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