Dorothy McGuire Quotes

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.

People have such false perceptions of how stardom really works.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

I guess you cannot prepare yourself enough for stardom, even though you strive for it all your life.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

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

My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?

To put it simply - you know, a lot of people believe that the benefit of this job is fame and fortune. I believe that you pay for the fortune through the fame. I don't buy into the notion that being famous is somehow a good thing, or an exciting thing, or a wonderful thing.

Hollywood always likes to create a star.

I don't know if I want to be a big star though.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

Hollywood has treated me well.

Hollywood, it has treated me so nicely, I am ready to faint! As soon as I see Hollywood, I love it.

I think everybody wants to be a rock star.

I definitely don't want to achieve some kind of rock star status.

I always wanted to be a star.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

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

Everybody thinks it's going to be so glamorous, so cool, you're on 'Glee,' you know, a hit show or whatever.

I don't know if fame will come.

The entertainment industry and my place in it is a place where you burn brightly for as long as you can.

Hollywood can jack you up and then help you fall, but it can also raise you up.

Maybe one day I'll have a big hit, and the world will make a big sex symbol out of me like they always do when there's a new chick.

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

You are supposed to have a dream of walking the red carpet. But I'm really not like that. Because fame is... I don't think it is something interesting or precious.