Matthew Gray Gubler Quotes

My dad always said there's four phases in an actor/director's life. There's 'Mario Who?' There's 'Get me Mario!' 'Get me a young Mario,' and 'Mario Who?'

I still pinch myself that I ended up in Hollywood. And I am still surprised at the fans.

One day I'm lugging walls back and forth in Louisville, and the next day I'm at Cannes giving interviews next to Ben Kingsley. I'm nowhere near cynical or jaded enough not to be incredibly thrilled by that.

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 know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there is a tiny group of actors that are celebrated in the way that I have been. I feel incredibly lucky.

My family and friends back home can't believe this boy from Dartmouth is on the TV. They sit there and say, 'What's he doing up there? Good Lord.'

The fact that I have a show on Starz, it's crazy. It's insane.

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

It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

Being a big star and being known, making movies and a lot of money - that really doesn't interest me.

I'm not a movie star. I'm just an actress.

Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.

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

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

Suddenly, I'm in movies that people are excited about, and that is a nice change.

And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can do anything you want. Because then you've got the clout.' That had always sounded like a lot of hooey to me, but now I think it's true, unfortunately.

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.

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.

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

If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky.

For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.

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

I never grew up thinking I wanted to be a quote-unquote star or anything. My thing was just feeling blessed to be able to make my living acting.