Laura Slade Wiggins Quotes

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

I think that, in the beginning, you think, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.' And then, with the more movies you make, you are like, 'I don't know if I want to be that anymore. I think what I am looking for is something different.' I like acting, but a lot of times, stardom comes with a lot of strings attached.

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

I don't want to be a big movie star.

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

I have a certain amount of difficulty dealing with too much limelight.

The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.

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

When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.

I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.

For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

I enjoy being a character actor; I enjoy being different in everything. I want a private life; I want to be able to go to 7-11 and not get into a fight with a guy because he saw me in a movie, or not have people hitting on me simply because they saw me in a movie.

Everything in my life was about performance when I was doing 'The Partridge Family.'

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

When fame presented itself to me, I was not at a point in my life where I was equipped to deal with it.

But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom.

I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous.

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

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

I have no aspiration whatsoever to be the next great leading man.

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

I moved to L.A., because that's where they point cameras at you. And that's what I'd like them to do.

I'm not a movie star, and I don't want to become a movie star.