John Garfield Quotes

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

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

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.

Everyone always told me I was fated to be in front of the camera.

The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same.

I was born to be on the stage.

I've never been interested in being famous. I enjoy acting. That's what's important to me.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

I'm not really trying to be too much of an actor or anything.

The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

I had to pinch myself a couple of times that I was actually on stage at the Atlantic with Carol Kane.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

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

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.

When you're a kid, you think 'Oh, it's so great. I'm going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to go to Broadway.' For a long time, it was such a novelty.

I hate show business.

I was the class clown, you know, that kind of thing, and I gathered around me a group of guys who also were silly. I was in all the plays and everything. But I don't know, at that time show businesses looked like the moon, you know, it was so far away. I wanted to be a radio announcer.

What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.

My home has always been show business.

I'm an actress, not a celebrity.

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.

If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.