Shelley Duvall Quotes

Everybody perceives me because of my career that I'm a movie star, or I'm this model, but I'm still the same person I was when I was a little girl.

I want to be an actor - I don't want to be a celebrity. They are two different things, and people have forgotten that they are different.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

I want to be an actress, not a personality.

I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?

I'd never really considered film. If I'd thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

I remember being on this film once, and people said, 'You're not on Instagram or Facebook - what's your deal?' They said, 'In this industry, if you want to do well, people want to invest in who you are.' I said, 'I'm an actor, not a celebrity - they watch my acting, and hopefully that's enough.'

I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress.

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

I think with acting, since I became an actor... I, as a person, have become more confident and I have really come out of my shell somewhat... and back to myself, you know.

I think I've always been ambitious. It just looks different on me. You know, I have friends who are actresses who go to every party they possibly can to be photographed and really try to make every connection they can, and I admire that and sometimes I wish I had a little bit more of that. Sometimes I feel like I don't have enough ambition.

I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.

I'm not sure I'm the sort of actor people are hugely interested in finding out an awful lot about.

It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.

I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.

Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am.

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

I think Hollywood is interesting. As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous.

When I was at the age when you were supposed to be glamorous if you were a movie star, I wasn't.

The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star.

I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.

When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.