William Fichtner Quotes

People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.

I don't have huge intentions to be some big actress.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.

I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

Being a leading man can come in many different forms.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

I realize that no one is going to come to me and ask me to be Julius Caesar or a romantic lead, but I think I'm a certain type of guy who looks a certain way, and that's just the reality of things.

I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and all these people. If I could end up like Jonah Hill, winding up in a Brad Pitt movie, that would be awesome.

I have never really had a goal to be a true blue movie star, unlike a lot of my colleagues.

I'm here to carve out a strong career in the leading-man space.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting then being one.

I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but not getting the part.

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month.

I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.

I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie.

I'd love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you're meant to get. If the job that I'm meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I'm just happy to keep working.

I was hoping for it to be possibly a movie career as I still would like to see that happen. I enjoyed making 200 Motels and did try out for a few things when I lived in LA, but nothing ever happened. I'm still hoping though.

I don't care if you've just won an Oscar, you still have to campaign for parts.