Virginia Madsen Quotes

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.

When I was starting to get noticed as an actor in the 1970s for something other than the third cowboy on the right who ended up dying in every movie or episode, Burt Reynolds was the biggest star in the world.

When you're a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.

I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

I don't really care to be a movie star.

Maybe I will end up in the movies.

You have to understand, when you're 15 and you're doing this Steven Spielberg movie with megastars - Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts - you know you want to be cool. I don't know how cool I'm going to look with my belly button out!

I want to be a star who acts as well.

I wanted to be famous. I guess I thought acting would make me famous.

Though I was aware that the success rate in film industry was one percent and how difficult it was to survive, I wanted to try my luck as an actor.

In my previous profession, when I was a producer, scriptwriter and actor, I wanted to get an Oscar, I wanted to be popular in the U.S.A.

It seemed too glamorous to me to be an actress like in the movies.

If you are an industry kid, the first film is given to you on a platter. However, the pressure and expectations are immense.

I have grown up watching films like 'Striptease' and 'Ghost,' and here I was in the same frame as the gorgeous Demi Moore.

I was never destined to be a movie star, and I'm happy not being one.

I don't want to be a top Bollywood actress. That's not what is driving me.

I'm here to carve out a strong career in the leading-man space.

I value my stardom a lot. I always wanted to become an actress and have loved every minute of it.

I'll be honest, acting in a commercial film has its perks - crazy stardom, crazy money and frequent trips abroad - but why would I aspire for something I'm not cut out for?

When I look back, I remember how being a part of Bollywood was never the plan.

This may sound strange, but I did not join the film industry to be a star and be successful.

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

I have been in this industry for over a decade, and I still don't consider myself a movie star.

I never wanted to be like: 'Oh, just because I'm a singer I can be in films now.'