Samantha Akkineni Quotes

I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

In the entertainment business, the biggest gift you could ever get is not an Oscar, it's not a Grammy, it's longevity.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

In show business, you had levels. I was at the top of the TV end of it.

I'm certainly not going to play any of Matt Damon's roles in the future. But he will eventually grow into mine, since he'll be around for a long time.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

For some actors, their star shines brightly and fizzles out. My star doesn't shine that brightly, but it buzzes along. Hopefully, that means it will last longer.

My family aren't performers. They're just normal people. They don't understand this entertainment world. They just think it's mental. They have no idea what I'm doing in America.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to LA. And I thought - I want to sell out!

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

My impression was, 'This Hollywood thing doesn't seem too hard.'

You never believe your own hype. As quick as somebody can be 'the guy' in Hollywood, he can be gone the next minute. For me, it's about doing great work. And then hopefully you keep working forever.

I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.