Tatiana Maslany Quotes

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.

You've got to swank in Hollywood.

Everyone in the film industry does a lot of drama to get the limelight.

You know, back when I was a kid who wanted to be in show business, everybody on TV wore nice clothes. They were very glamorous when they would be on the 'Tonight Show.' All the dudes wore suits and ties and that just seemed like real show business to me.

In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes.

Let's be honest, I don't think anyone ever wants to settle down in Hollywood - it's a place you go to work. And once you've hit it, you get out of there as soon as you can. It's definitely not a place you want to get married and have kids.

The red carpet is kind of a surreal experience. There's nothing normal about it, so for me the most important thing is to maintain some normality right until the point you get out of the car.

I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.

Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.

I don't live in Hollywood. I don't have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don't pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world.

Just as many people flee Hollywood as those who flock to it. Hollywood can be an acquired taste.

I am an outsider looking in, absolutely. You're not going to see me at the Academy Awards 'Vanity Fair' party any time soon. I'm not somebody who, no matter where I go, there are paparazzi or any of that nonsense. But I have a little window into that world, and I can enter it and dance around. I want to be the audience's ticket into the party.

I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.

The life of an actor can be very enviable.

There comes a point where it is just undignified to be a rock 'n' roll star.

You have to be a star to be in this business.

The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.

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

Most of the stories I read are about my Hollywood pedigree.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

I am a child of Hollywood and dreams. To me, to be on the red carpet is the best place in the world.

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

Entertainment, Hollywood, award shows - these are the things that really captivated me.

We weren't a Hollywood family. We were simply a show business family.