Vincent Kartheiser Quotes

You have to be a star to be in this business.

I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky.

I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.

Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

I always wanted to be a big star.

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

There are lot of people who speak about superstardom, but I'd like to say that it's not about any individual - it's about the opportunity.

I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

I was actually away in Africa doing 'Generation Kill' while everyone was auditioning for Twilight. They all had, like, five different auditions: I was so lucky that I came back from Africa just in time and the actor who was playing Emmett fell through, lucky for me!

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

There is no question that everybody who works in show business is lucky because of the number of people who wish they where working in show business.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.

I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly, in the '90s, and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.