Don Ameche Quotes

Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.

Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.

Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be.

I met Jack Nicholson when I was about 10 at a party of my uncle's, and it wasn't so much that I knew his films because I was small, but he wore sunglasses inside at night and I thought that must mean he was very important and was suitably star struck by his charismatic presence.

But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.

There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is.

Although I can be a leading man, you wouldn't look at me and go, 'He's a leading man.'

There are two categories of actresses: performance-oriented ones and glamourous ones.

I loved early Paul Newman films. He just had this effortless charm.

There are very few actors who elevate a scene through their persona. Like for example, Rajinikanth does it with his style. He doesn't need anything else.

An extraordinary diva would never sit by herself.

It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.

I did my very first film with Kirk in Detective Story when he was the greatest, greatest star in the world. I fell in love with him, had a crush on him then.

I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her.

I was never really a character actor - I was a leading man who was always cast as a character. I wanted to be Jack Nicholson or Jean Gabin.

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

I must admit that I was in total awe of Stewart Granger. He was my idol.

To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.

Robert Taylor was not only a splendid actor in a wide variety of roles but one of the most handsome men in the western world.

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

Some people are really good at playing the movie star - they are really good at cultivating that mystique - but I'm not really into that.

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

I myself am a great James Dean fan. He had this aura and enigma about him.

I have unqualified admiration for Brad Pitt.