Simon Pegg: 'I don't seek fame'

Simon Pegg has claimed that he does not actively seek the limelight.

The actor, who stars in How To Lose Friends And Alienate People, said he does not enjoy fame and compared courting publicity to swimming with sharks.

He suggested that people can crave fame without realising that it can have a negative effect.

"If they go out there and court it, it's like wading into a shark-infested pool with a cut leg, then they complain when they get their leg bitten off. The key is not to go swimming in the first place," he said.

Pegg recently branded Ricky Gervais an "idiot" for his comments about British cinema.