Tim Matheson Quotes

I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.

There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress.

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

When I was much younger, I used to practice my Oscar speech in the mirror. I used to beg my parents to be in movies.

I was 12 when I decided that I wanted to see myself on the big screen.

I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself.

I had always wanted to be on TV; my mom told me that when I was little, I told her I wanted to be a 'modeler,' because that's what I called actors on TV.

Hollywood is a very hard place to be in. It really is.

There are two jobs. There is being an actor, and there is being a celebrity. Some people are really good at both. Some people are really good celebrities and terrible actors, and some people are really good actors and terrible celebrities. Hopefully, I am a really good actor and an OK celebrity.

I think you have to really, really want to be a film star.

My life in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities became a point of view for me - sports, fashion, music, film, arts, and politics as a media play.

You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.

I think Hollywood is interesting. As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

Being an actress in Hollywood and being a celebrity tend to feed into one another, but just being a celebrity wouldn't really be interesting to me.

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

When you're a kid, you think 'Oh, it's so great. I'm going to go to Hollywood. I'm going to go to Broadway.' For a long time, it was such a novelty.

My own mum cared about Hollywood, and I didn't. I wanted to act, and I loved the creativity of it, but I didn't care for the lifestyle.

I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.

I didn't grow up knowing actors' names, and my parents weren't theater people.

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

I almost choke on my popcorn when I hear film stars, who walk on red carpets as much as the rest of us do on zebra crossings, criticising youngsters who crave fame.

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old.

Nowadays, kids... young actors... they go straight to L.A. before they've even done anything.