Gene Hackman Quotes

My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?

If you just want to be a star, go away.

We never set out to be superstars.

I'm not a shiny pop star.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.

Am I a rock star? Yeah, I guess.

It's a crazy world, stardom. I don't even think of myself as a star. I just like to go to work.

I'm not a star.

When artists get very big, they kind of forget that that's why they got big.

I'm not worried about being a big star.

I never wished that I was a superstar. Hell, I never even wished that I was an actress.

The day I say I'm famous is the day I sound like a fanny.

You can't buy being a rock star.

Fame didn't change me.

I don't think you can understand everything that goes into being a superstar because even I don't understand everything. I think we're all learning as we go.

What I learnt was a real star never comes on set wearing stardom.

The life of fame was never meant for me.

I know I have become a star, but I don't want to believe it.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

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.

I loved being a rock and roll star, but it wasn't what I wanted in life.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

Celebrity is something I've never been into, and never will be.