Viggo Mortensen Quotes

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

I never wanted fame.

I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.

I do not want fame.

I've never wished for people to recognise me or anything.

I don't want people to treat me like a star or call me one.

I didn't want to be famous or any of that.

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.

I don't really understand why people are so interested in me, personally. I'm just a curator. I'm just telling people things I think are cool.

Most of the time, I'm pleased that people don't recognize me. But I don't hate it when they do.

I have no desire to be famous, definitely not.

Does anybody like being recognized? I understand that it's my job. I'm grateful about people who are moved enough by the work to want to say something. But I mourn the loss of anonymity.

The life of fame was never meant for me.

It's cool to be recognized, but it's not something that I was seeking or sought after. I never wanted to be famous.

I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.

But I don't feel the need to be famous.

I've never had much notoriety. It's fine with me.

I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.

It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life, which I really cherish. I don't like to be in the public light all that much. I don't crave the whole fame thing at all.

I'm in a great position now where I've got recognition. I'm not recognized too much.

I think people respect my work, but I was never in one of those movies that made me a star.

I have no desire to be famous at all.

I'm not complaining if my work is getting more recognition than me.

I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I resented it with every fibre of my being when Ma was recognised. Another way of looking at celebrity, though, is it's being famous for being brilliant at something.