Gloria Swanson Quotes

It's not my ambition to be a big star.

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

Hold on to that. You have an autograph. I'm going to be famous some day.

While certainly no pressing threat to Gordon Lightfoot, I knew it was simply a matter of time until I was going to be a star.

I never accepted the idea that I was all through. I guess no person who has once been a star can do that, ever.

It amazes me when I hear people say, 'I want to go out and find out who I am.' I always knew who I was. I was going to be famous if it killed me.

I had talent, and I was hungry for fame, and you can't say I didn't get it.

I'm like a famous person to some people, not to everybody. I want to be big.

My whole life, I've always tried to be a star.

I'm gonna be famous forever.

I think I'm a superstar.

I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star, I didn’t know anybody, I wanted to dance, I wanted to sing, I wanted to do all those things, I wanted to make people happy, I wanted to be famous, I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard, and my dream came true.

I always acted like a star long before I was one.

As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think they don't want to be stars. Everyone wants to be a star! That's the truth. Even grownups; they pretend they don't want to be one and don't care. But everyone wants to.

I knew I was going to be famous later in life.

When I was growing up, I said to my ex-girlfriend, 'I will not be successful until everyone in Holland knows my name.' And it worked.

I always believed I would be a star.

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

I don't think I'd ever be able to give up the spotlight.

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

I certainly wanted my name in lights. I wanted my name on a marquee. I wanted recognition on Broadway.

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night, 'There must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me dreaming of being a movie star.' But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

I had this dream, and I really wanted to be a star. And I was almost a monster in the way that I was really fearless with my ambitions.