Tobey Maguire Quotes

I'm not really the sex symbol type.

I don't really think of myself as a heartthrob.

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

My fans love me; they've made me this sex symbol. I don't feel I am, but they feel that way. They find me attractive, like I'm a sexy dude. I try my best to make them believe the illusion.

I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.

I don't see myself as being a heart-throb at all.

You'd be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn't a sex symbol somewhere.

I don't think I'm going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I'm not going to be an international sex symbol.

I thought I'd be famous for being cute.

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable being considered a sex symbol, especially after you work with someone like George Clooney.

I definitely don't plead guilty to being a heartthrob.

All of a sudden, one day, you're this boxer that everybody like, or you're this guy that people pass on the highway and wave at. The next day, you're this guy that everybody want to touch - be in touch with you. Then you think that this is the answer to all things.

Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.

Do you know I'm a sex symbol?

There's a certain section of the public who spot me in the street but it's never horrible. I'm not a soap villain who gets spat at.

Peter Jones is hot.

I'm a sex symbol. Is that wild? It blows me away. I mean, I've always known it, I just figured nobody else did.

I want to get mobbed and want people to see me as the guy who they can't get enough of.

First of all, I'm not a heartthrob. If you saw me in high school, you wouldn't say I'm a heartthrob. Having a hit song, the minute you're famous, you're a heartthrob. I know you don't believe me, but I honestly don't consider myself a heartthrob.

Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm more interested in being an actor than a heartthrob.

I am beloved by millions.

Everybody is a teenage idol.

It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal.

Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.