Morgan Freeman Quotes

I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I usually play character parts in Hollywood films.

I'm not a star, I'm an actor.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

My home has always been show business.

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

And that if you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.

I always wanted to live the lives of different people, portray characters that are different from me. But I could have done that in front of a mirror, also, I didn't need to do films for that. At the end of the day, it's this fame, recognition, popularity, the love and appreciation you get from your audience that drives you.

I love television, I've always wanted to be on television.

I was 13 - 14 when I first tasted stardom. In the summer holidays, my dad made me act in these films that went on to become superhits. I became a child star.

Everyone always told me I was fated to be in front of the camera.

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there's a lot of luck involved in that, you're playing a different character.

To all the younglings I come across in 'Game of Thrones' who suddenly find themselves well known, I say the theatre is your best friend - they will remember you.

I'm a fan of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and all these people. If I could end up like Jonah Hill, winding up in a Brad Pitt movie, that would be awesome.

I don't know why people feel popular actors avoid doing mytho shows. Aren't they also doing good? Sometimes such shows give you more fame.

I never wanted to do film. I don't have the right face, and I don't like stardom. I like the fact that I have this wonderful thing that gives you status, but I'm most interested in doing decent work.

The camera, I hate it. That's something I need to endure while working as an actor. In the end, because of fame, Gong Yoo exists. It's the driving force that keeps me going.

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

Like every actor, I am always on the lookout for interesting characters.

It is my dream to be a Bollywood actor.

I'd take Tom Hollander over Brad Pitt any day.

Thanks to a film like 'Baahubali' in my career, directors have the faith in me that I can play all kinds of characters, and I also have faith in me now that I can also do all kinds of roles, and I am doing that.