James Tupper Quotes

I'm not a celebrity. I don't call myself a celebrity. I'm an actor.

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

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

I was never a celebrity - just a working actor.

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 get double-takes at the hardware store. I've had people say, 'I didn't know you did this.' With a celebrity, if folks don't see you, they think all you do is stay in the house.

I don't walk around the street thinking, 'I'm Michael Madsen,' but then again, I am that guy, and sometimes people do take notice of me. Sometimes it's really not comfortable.

I always wanted to be a big star.

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

I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.

Being considered a public figure honestly makes me laugh.

I don't really care to be a movie star.

I don't feel like a celebrity. I did not sign 'Udta Punjab' to increase my fan following.

To be included in the group with women like Glenn Close and Kyra Sedgwick is a little bit astonishing to me. To even be mentioned in the same sentence as Glenn Close is just ridiculous.

I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.

Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture.

I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.

I'm shocked at being recognized. You go to places you don't think you would be and still, you are. Taxi drivers often recognise me... but I haven't got a free ride yet.

It's always a shock to me when I get recognized.

Look, at the same time that I don't want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. I'd be a baby and a fool to be like, 'Why are there cameras taking pictures of me?' when I'm on a billboard for a movie. I think that's a very absurd concept.

I'm one of those few actresses who works all the time, and even though I haven't done a show that literally puts me on some kind of map - as in, that's how I'm known and that's how I'll always be known - I'm very lucky.

Somebody like me wouldn't have gone on to the Trisha show because I already had a public profile.

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.