Urmila Matondkar Quotes

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.

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.

Hollywood has given me a great, warm hug.

Hollywood has always been good to me. I've never blamed Hollywood for my problems.

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

I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.

Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I've been very blessed.

How do I feel about being a star now? Well I still try to live life and enjoy what I am doing.

I didn't want to be a big star. I wanted to be a really good actor.

I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.

I want to be a star. It doesn't mean that I'll act any less. My performance will be at par, but I want to be a star. I want the audience to spend their hard-earned money on my tickets without doubting. And when that day comes, I'll believe I'm a star.

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

I have received more fulfillment and adulation than I would ever know what to do with in terms of show business.

I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.

I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

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

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

I admire a lot of actors, but I don't covet people's careers.

I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.

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

The concept of even having fans is still kind of weird to me. I really just feel like a filmmaker that is only just finding my foot in and is beginning to participate in Hollywood and making films. So the idea of any kind of fandom or people that are waiting for something that I may release is very distant in my mind.

I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me.