Marlee Matlin Quotes

A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.

To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.

You get to that age where you're watching a lot of television, and who doesn't want to be on television?

That whole sex symbol thing I never took seriously to begin with. Thank goodness, or I'd be suffering right now because it's out of your hands what happens to you with age.

The thing I get a lot is, 'You've got a very recognisable face.' I'm never quite sure what to make of it.

Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing.

If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.

A supermodel is kind of that first-name recognition, but I'm not quite ready for that super part yet, and I'm afraid that by the time I am, I'm going to be too old anyway.

When I was growing up, you'd read about actors, and they'd never tell you their age and how much they made a year as part of their definition.

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.

When I was young and beautiful, I never appeared on the cover of a magazine.

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.

There are two things that you never turn down: Sex and an invitation to appear on television.

Sportsmen do not need Bollywood or film industry; they do not need publicity: it could be the other way round.

Star kids always get an upper hand at the start of their career. People in the industry often know them from the time they were toddlers, so they show support to them when their film is about to release.

I have to maintain my stardom.

So far my career in movies didn't take off because I don't have a lobby to support and sign me. That's the only explanation I have. But people love Rakhi Sawant.

At one point, you start wondering if being talented in Bollywood is enough, or you need connections.

I won't become a household word, or achieve the fame I deserve in my lifetime because of the way I look.

I don't think I'm known for my gifts - I'm known for my gall. I don't want to be just a famous person - I'm too old.

A lot of the actresses who were around when I started, I don't know where they are. Comics stick around.

You don't make any money when you're my age. The stars get it all. That's a lie, actually.

Whether it happens over 10 years, like with a lot of people, or with one hit movie that thrusts you into that world, when you become successful as an actor, you become well known. In the end game, that's just part of the business.

Who's famous anymore? No one. There are these comedians that are famous in a weird way. There are comedians, like Anjelah Johnson and Russell Peters, [who] are unbelievably famous, but in a way they're selling out 1,000-person stadiums.

You don't have to be super clean to be a super star