Boris Karloff Quotes

As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe people and also people don't have such a strong sense of who you are and that sort of thing.

You can't be a good actor if you get too affected by fame. Because then you're not real, and you're not really wanting more. You look at a lot of actors who, before they were famous, did a lot of amazing work, and once they got too big, it just got off.

It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.

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

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.

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 do not understand the pleasure of being so famous. I just don't get it. I love acting and doing the work. That's what it's all about for me.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.

The fame of an actor is won in minutes and seconds, not in years.

What’s the difference between and actor and a movie star. An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

People know me, and want to know me, as a baller more than anything else.

I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

I'm not a star, I'm an actor.

Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.

In Hollywood, what they last saw you in is what you are. It's hard to break away from that.

If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?

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

Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.

It's awesome when people even notice that I'm an actor.

I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed.