Nicole Ari Parker Quotes

All the top stars like Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh, etc. do very few films a year and I don't think it's affected their visibility or fan following in any way.

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself!

I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name.

The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.

'Beverly Hills Cop' opened up a whole world. I got the television show and movies, and I would go sign autographs for one hour and get paid $25,000.

Fame should be left to the film stars.

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.

I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.

Isn't that the definition of a star? Someone who can get a film made?

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actor's always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

Like, if you are a celebrity, then anyone will let you be in a film or on a TV show, and if you're an actor, chances are if you are successful, you are becoming a celebrity.

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.

I think people respect my work, but I was never in one of those movies that made me a star.

There's a certain aura when a superstar like Brad Pitt walks into a room - I've seen it myself - but it comes from everyone else going, 'Aaaahhh!!' That's what you have to deal with, people looking at you and whispering. That would be the strangest thing, feeling the change as you walk in a room and trying to ignore it. But I think I could cope!

I dreamed of doing stuff like Will Smith and films on a big scale.

I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.

Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.

The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.

There's a sense most notably with my movies that for people to turn up, and make them big, you have to have a celebrity status. But it's not a choice I've made. It comes to you.

I always wanted to be a big star.