Scott Borchetta Quotes

I didn't debut in a film playing a diva.

I want to keep my roots in Hollywood.

I'm not going to be the next Colin Farrell or Orlando Bloom.

I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be.

For me, personally, I'm a 5'5" leading man. I'm no Brad Pitt or anything.

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

There's no slow build anymore where you get a little part, then you get a little better part, then a better part, until one day your agent calls you us and says, 'guess what, you're a movie star,' and you say, 'Thank you!'

When I started on 'The West Wing,' that was at a time when this was still a stigma, because movie stars didn't do TV. Now, every movie star is desperate to find their 'True Detective.'

'Crush' was my first number one on the call sheet.

I like working fast, but I got to the age where the real difference between television and the movies is, I'm not smart enough to be in the movies. It's a very political world. In all modesty, I can say that I'm a much better actor, but that doesn't matter.

I hope to have a career like Jodie Foster, going from child to adult actress.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.

When I was a little kid, I wanted to be, like, you know, a movie star, you know? Or, I always have interest in movie, you know? Because I like the visual aspect of the movies, et cetera.

I remember watching 'Avengers 1' for the first time and thinking, 'God, one day I want to be in one of those movies.' I just want to be in the movie.

There's this lingering philosophy that movie stars shouldn't do TV.

Hollywood has never been a goal, necessarily - there was no 'Conquer America' game plan for me.

Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day.

'The Road to Wellville'... it had Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, directed by Alan Parker. I hadn't been doing all that well, and I was thrilled to get it, and it just didn't work. It was a terrible movie, but I don't think it's anyone's fault.

Nick was cast first in both 'Smashed' and 'Kings.'

I've been in some terrible movies.

I didn't really think about being a movie star. I was more about theater.

In future I will surely look forward to doing Hollywood projects.

Years ago, I tried my hand at business and incurred huge loss, and my only way out was to do a movie with Mammootty.

I actually never wanted to be a VJ. Never. It just so happened that I became a VJ, and I was actually kind of like, 'I don't want to be a VJ. I want to be in the movies.' So yeah, I always wanted to be an actor.