Juliette Binoche Quotes

I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become a movie star,' or anything like that.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

Hollywood's full of transients. Everybody comes from somewhere else.

Hollywood's never really been the ultimate goal for me.

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.

After 'Gremlins' came out, I should have packed up everything, moved to Los Angeles from New York, and dedicated myself to being a full time film actor. I had the world at my feet.

I think every cute girl is told to move to L.A. someday. So I do like the drive over from my house to the studio.

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

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

In L.A. everyone is in the entertainment industry, so you're forced to think about work.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

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

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

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris.

I didn't want to chase movies. It's too hard. You've got to work at it - opening nights, photo shoots, publicity people, managers. I never wanted to do that. I'm too lazy.

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.

Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.

I'm always happy when actors get rich, because the odds on it are so long!

I didn't come to New York to be a star, I brought my star with me.

I never really acted full-time. I certainly had gotten past the point where fame and fortune was something that I was dreaming about or anticipating.

I had a great deal of pressure to move to LA after Romancing the Stone came out and I'd become very popular. But people came to me anyway.

People tell me that Hollywood loves new faces, but I don't know. They're probably just being nice.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.