Gwyneth Paltrow Quotes

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

A big endorsement deal would be awesome.

Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.

I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.

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

I couldn't survive just doing independent movies. And I'd rather do modelling than movies or TV I didn't like.

Once you make a movie like 'Superbad,' when it's popular and you're the lead, you get offered all kinds of things and there's a temptation to make bad movies either for the money or to maintain your relevance in pop culture.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies.

I guess Tom Cruise - everything he does, everything he touches, is kind of a success.

I think that, in the beginning, you think, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.' And then, with the more movies you make, you are like, 'I don't know if I want to be that anymore. I think what I am looking for is something different.' I like acting, but a lot of times, stardom comes with a lot of strings attached.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

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

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

My dad always said there's four phases in an actor/director's life. There's 'Mario Who?' There's 'Get me Mario!' 'Get me a young Mario,' and 'Mario Who?'

I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.

Jake Johnson wanted to make clear that he was the great American actor, not just the funny guy on 'New Girl.'

I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.

Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew who I was. I can't even imagine that somebody would come and pay money just to come and see me now.

There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there is a tiny group of actors that are celebrated in the way that I have been. I feel incredibly lucky.