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Daily Inspiration Quote by Devon Sawa

"I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job"

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A small parenthesis does a lot of work here: “(no offense)” is less politeness than a pressure-release valve. Devon Sawa is naming an industry truth - promotion is mandatory - while trying not to pick a fight with the people who control the narrative about him. The line is blunt, but it’s also strategically padded. He wants the honesty of “I hate this” without the career cost of sounding “difficult.”

The intent is boundary-setting. Sawa isn’t rejecting journalism so much as the ritualized, transactional version of it: junket rooms, sound-bite questions, the same origin-story anecdotes repackaged for different outlets. “The press part” reduces publicity to a detachable appendage, something grafted onto acting rather than an extension of craft. That distinction matters for performers of his era, raised in a pre-social-media ecosystem where access was brokered by studios and magazines, not by one’s own feed.

The subtext is weary professionalism. “It comes with the job” is resignation dressed up as work ethic - a reminder that actors aren’t just artists; they’re products required to help sell themselves. He’s signaling competence and gratitude while admitting discomfort with the exposure economy: being talked about, packaged, interpreted, and occasionally baited into becoming a headline instead of a person.

Culturally, it lands because it’s the rare celebrity remark that doesn’t pretend fame is effortless or purely glamorous. It’s not rebellion; it’s a pragmatic sigh from someone who knows the system won’t change for his preferences, only for his willingness to play along.

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Sawa, Devon. (2026, January 17). I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-never-liked-the-press-part-of-it-no-offense-52417/

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Sawa, Devon. "I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-never-liked-the-press-part-of-it-no-offense-52417/.

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"I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-never-liked-the-press-part-of-it-no-offense-52417/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Devon Sawa (born September 7, 1978) is a Actor from Canada.

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