Elisabeth Moss Quotes

I was never a celebrity - just a working actor.

I have a very down-to-earth father. My wife is an actress and famous herself is more down-to-earth than anyone I know.

When I was seven, I was allowed to be an extra in 'Parenthood,' which was amazing. But then I kind of got addicted to it, and my parents didn't want me to want to act. They felt that would be putting your kid in an adult world.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

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

I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress.

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but there's also confusion. It's important to make sure your feet stay on the ground.

My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to go through the same experiences as I did as a child actor.

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

I don't have any expectations as an actor, and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

I wasn't like a Hollywood child actor - 'I'm five! I can sing, I can dance, I can act! I wanna be a star!'

I never get too high on my stardom or what I can do.

I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal.

I hate the stereotype of the pitfalls of the child actor. There are so many amazing examples - Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore - of people who have made it through.

I just wanted to be an actress. It never occurred to me that I could become famous, because I'm not one of those people who's automatically going to be the lead. I always saw myself as the mate.

Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.

I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

I didn't want to escape my life and become a big actress and live my dreams. That was never the way it was; it was just these amazing opportunities that happened.

I'm not up there with Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts. I don't sell tickets. I've known that for a long time.

When I was a kid, I was in all 'The Mighty Ducks' movies, and that sort of created this weird thing when I was very young. And luckily, I had a lot of really good friends and family that kept me from, I guess, going down a more negative path that actors can go down.

I'm not an actor who is trying to be a movie star.

It looked like 'The Sound of Music' would even surpass 'Ben Hur,' and I thought it would be unfair for me to have done both. I thought I'd leave something for somebody else. That's a quip.