Neha Dhupia Quotes

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.

Fame is a beast that you can't control or be prepared for.

I think it would be really brutal to put on a persona and get famous for that persona. Like, 'I'm number one, I'm the best!' because that sounds like a lot of pressure.

Hollywood is wonderful, but it does eat its young.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.

In Hollywood, they say good news finds you.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

Unless you are an enormous name, you never stop auditioning.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

Unfortunately, most actors want to play off their own personal mystique and good looks and whatever, but that will only carry you but so far.

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

Hollywood is very much an industry town. Your life becomes caught up in all of the parties and this list and that list. That's not something that I respond well to.

Suddenly, I'm in movies that people are excited about, and that is a nice change.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

I want to be an icon.

The majority of actor kids are really competitive. But Gabby Sidibe on 'The Big C' has been a big help to me. Her career went from zero to a hundred in about one second, so she's warned me what to expect.