I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.
People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.
Being a movie star isn't easy. It requires a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Your career goes through extreme ups and downs. You are judged all the time. Great things are written about you, but at the same time, not-so-good things are also said. At times, things are said about you that are completely untrue, and people mostly try to pull you down.
The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.
I don't want to be a big movie star.
What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasn't real.
It doesn't occur to me that I don't drive a cool car until I hang out with Jon Hamm, who picks me up in what looks like a Transformer, and I think, 'Oh, that's what movie stars are driving. I guess I'm not a movie star.'
I am a movie star.
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
Sometimes, I think I could have been a major movie star with the vast mansion and staff. I look at my Volvo and think it could be a limousine. I think of the roles I turned down. But then I wouldn't have had any children.
When you start to become a movie star it's easy to believe that you are Superman. That can fool you. That's why I prefer not to pay much attention to fame.
I recently found out about this other super movie star. He only works from about 11:00 to 4:00, so all his movies take like 120 days. But this was a lot of stuff to do in 35 days.
You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.
I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'
If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.
I don't have any interest in being a movie star.
I think it's so funny when people think they can't control a movie star. They can. We're just women, you know.
I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'
Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
For me, I'm always looking for opportunities to work with people who are better than me, who are more experienced than me, people from whom I can learn. And who could I learn more from than someone with an unprecedented movie star career that has spanned over thirty years whose name is Tom Cruise?
I never wanted to be a movie star.
Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
Warren Beatty has always acted like a Movie Star even when no one knew who he was.
My biggest hero when I was a kid was Will Smith. I used to watch 'Fresh Prince,' and I was a huge fan of his albums. I bought all of his albums when I was a kid. Now, he is the biggest movie star in the world.
I never thought of myself as a movie star. I'm just a working girl. A working girl who worked her way to the top - and never fell off.
When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.
A movie star is not an artist, he is an art object.
I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.
I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.
To get a movie star, you have to give them two hours of screen time.
Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.
I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she'll play me in my life story.
I don't think I ever went down that movie star path. I always enjoy taking a 90-degree turn from the last thing I did.
Without a great man writing and directing for me, I realised I was a mediocre movie star at best.
