Julia Roberts Quotes

I guess I really haven't thought much about winning an Oscar, but if I had the opportunity, I'm sure I would like it.

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

Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!

If one thing that bothers me about acting, it's that there's no clear-cut number one. The closest you can get is winning an Academy Award, and I'm going to work on that if it takes me the next 50 years. To my peers, it will mean that I'm the best!

I want people to take me seriously as an actor. I want to be a star; I won't deny that.

Being a leading man... that's like saying, 'I want to be astronaut.' That's not going to happen.

I can safely say that no one who has ever won an Oscar didn't want to win an Oscar.

Getting the Oscar had the biggest impression on me.

I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.

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.

Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

Being honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside the names of some of my childhood heroes is slightly surreal and incredibly awesome.

It goes back to all of us wanting to be in Hollywood. We're all dying to win an Oscar.

Winning is everything in Hollywood.

I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.

In the beginning, I wanted to be successful. I wanted to make and have hit records. And I wanted everything that went along with it.

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status.

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

My dream was maybe someday, one night I can be a guest on a talk show, and then I will have achieved everything I want.

People think you know beforehand when you win an Oscar - I can assure you you don't.

I'd like to win an Oscar.