Morgan Freeman Quotes

I'm so not a celebrity.

I love being famous - it's phenomenal.

The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.

I'm just a photographer, not a movie star.

To be a very, very minor, eighth-tier celebrity, you realize, 'Hey, celebrities are just like us.'

The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.

When I was younger I was interested in fame. Lots of kids want to be actors and singers and stuff and it's fun to be recognized and fun to have pictures taken of you.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.

As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think they don't want to be stars. Everyone wants to be a star! That's the truth. Even grownups; they pretend they don't want to be one and don't care. But everyone wants to.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.

I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away.

I never had that star aura.

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

There are those, I think, who are attracted to the glitz of celebrity life. I am not one of them.

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

As a sportsperson, the best thing is people recognising you and loving you for what you do. For me, glamour is 100 people in the hotel feeling happy to see you.

I think there is a difference between being a celebrity and being an actor.

I don't care about awards and all the attention being a 'celebrity' gets you. It's just part of the job.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

I have to say, my celebrity is not a big factor in my life. Once in a while someone takes my picture. But I'm not exactly one of the four girls everyone's chasing at the moment.

As young, hot actors living in Hollywood, you get even more attractive.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

For me, becoming a celebrity was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Suddenly, I was an international cover girl. Everybody was lapping up my Hemingwayness. They wanted to rub elbows with me or brush up against me.

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.