Darlene Love Quotes

I've never really aspired to the spotlight; I just wanted to do music, which is kind of weird because music comes with that spotlight.

I'm not a star, I'm an actor.

I'm not a star, I'm an actor - there's a difference!

If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.

It's great to play a rock star. Maybe not so great to be one.

Everyone always told me I was fated to be in front of the camera.

I know what that tastes like, to be a rock-and-roll star - to have a limousine, to have girls screaming when they see you, girls trying to cut my hair, get a piece of me. But I don't walk around with a concept of myself as a rock-and-roll star, and certainly not as a musician, because I really can't play anything, except primitively.

I've never been interested in being famous. I enjoy acting. That's what's important to me.

I always wanted to be the center of attention - you know actors, ugh.

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

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

Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.

I'm not in a real rush to be a big star.

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

I would rather be called a character actor than a star.

I think American Idol is a great career launcher. A blessing for all of us.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

A career in entertainment has a lifespan, like one in sport.

I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

It's strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.

The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.