Victoria Principal Quotes

I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.

It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for stuff and try to get it. I think, a lot of people, it's the goal to be in movies or just to be working in general. But yeah, some of us get lucky and get some movie roles, and it's nice.

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity.

I love Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman - those are the careers I want. My goal is to win an Oscar, and I'm going to take the steps to get there.

It's definitely an exciting time to be an actress.

I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.

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.

When I saw 'Independence Day,' I said, 'I want to be like Will Smith.' I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.

It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

If your goal is to be the biggest movie star in the world, a 10-movie contract is gold. It was never my goal. Up until now, I made movies - and I have a nice house, a nice car. I'm fortunate, happy and grateful. Life is good.

When I start doing movies, that'll be the time to pack Vine in. Quit when you're on top. Be the king.

I'm glad that I didn't get a part in 'Scream 2' and become a star in 1995.

I'm very ambitious when it comes to cameos.

Now for me, acting is all I want to do for the rest of my life. So I am going to give 100 per cent to it. Whether I am becoming poor or rich, famous or unknown, it does not matter. This is what I am here for.

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.

Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.

I have to make my bones with Hollywood to get in. And when I do maybe I'll metamorphose from Mr. Muscles or whatever it is I am now and become an irascible tosser.

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.

I do want to be in mainstream movies that are going to be seen. I suppose it satisfies the showbiz side of me.

I feel like I'm the luckiest actress in the world.

I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who does good things for the world, but I don't want to be a movie star like that.

I always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I always knew I was going to be sitting in a dining room with Lucille Ball and at a cocktail party with Bette Davis.

A whole new career opened up for me when I was in 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Star Wars.'