Jake Lloyd Quotes

I think musicians and actors have all these problems, because of the popularity and the opportunity.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she's famous enough to have some power, but not so famous she has to deal with people buzzing around her life.

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

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.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.

As it becomes longer at No. 1, I feel more and more pressure. Everybody is trying to grab every piece of me.

It isn't easy being a celebrity cricketer in India.

The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

Fame can be a double-edged sword, and you have to take the bad with the good. The highs are incredibly high, and the lows can be incredibly low.

I've had quite a wide spread of a career. But it's not like I've had to negotiate what Sienna Miller has had to negotiate, or even Felicity Jones, for example.

Going to the cinema or a meal can be difficult, with people asking for pictures or autographs.

I don't wish stardom on anyone. When I hear people say, 'this guy's a star,' I always say, 'good luck.'

It's never really fun to be in the public spotlight.

It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

I live in the area where the Hollywood sign is. Every afternoon, I'll take a daily walk, and there are loads of tourists always on the street taking photos of the Hollywood sign. Occasionally, I'll still get recognized as 'Gunther,' which is okay with me.

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

I see L.A. as a workplace rather than somewhere to live. If I don't get out, I go crazy. If you have a little success, people treat you differently, so it's good to keep a healthy perspective. It's acting, not rocket science.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

I used to want to be a movie star so I wouldn't have to live in trailers anymore. And now that I make movies, I spend a lot of my life living in trailers.

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.