Olivia Williams Quotes

I've never really had a relationship with Hollywood. I've never had a desire to work there.

There was no way I could live in Hollywood and not become an actress.

You can't manufacture a career as an actor because you aren't in control of what projects come to you, unless you are No. 1, two, three or four in the world.

The tale of the actor struggling to make it is oft-told for a reason.

I'm not an actor who is trying to be a movie star.

Despite offers, I have never felt the urge to try to make it in Hollywood.

I don't have huge intentions to be some big actress.

To even be a working entertainer in Hollywood is such a rare privilege.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

You know, I really wish now I'd had the nerve to become an actor. Because I'd have been Robert Redford, no question.

I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'

Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.

I wasn't one of those kids who was chasing the dream and wanted to get to Hollywood because one day I was gonna get my chance and be a big star. I never felt like that.

I have a lot of fun playing a model on television, and I love being an actress. I don't think I could ever handle that world.

I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.

Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

I thought it would be easy. I thought it'd take me one year to be Salma Hayek.

Three years is a lifetime in Hollywood. If your career starts slipping in L.A., you can really feel it. All of a sudden, the people that you were beating for a part start beating you.

And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can do anything you want. Because then you've got the clout.' That had always sounded like a lot of hooey to me, but now I think it's true, unfortunately.

I just stepped off the show biz bus and changed gears.