Karunas Quotes

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

I have never really had a goal to be a true blue movie star, unlike a lot of my colleagues.

After I became Miss India, I was offered films.

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

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

When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.

I guess Tom Cruise - everything he does, everything he touches, is kind of a success.

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.

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.

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time.

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

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 always wanted to be in movies.

If your goal is to be the biggest movie star in the world, a 10-movie contract is gold. It was never my goal. Up until now, I made movies - and I have a nice house, a nice car. I'm fortunate, happy and grateful. Life is good.

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

I knew that Jamaica Inn was going to make me a star.

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'm right on the edge of getting another movie. It's between me and a famous person. The studio said they're thinking about going with somebody with a name. I said, 'That's great! Because I have one!'

A movie star is someone who has to open a film to gazillions of dollars. I'm just trying to pay my mortgage.

I was very lucky that my first film, 'The Blind Side,' I worked with Sandra Bullock.

I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater.

Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.

It is because of Navketan that I became a movie star.

When I look back, I remember how being a part of Bollywood was never the plan.

This may sound strange, but I did not join the film industry to be a star and be successful.