Ansel Elgort Quotes

I'm not a star, I'm an actor.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity.

John Hawkes is amazing. I really want to meet that man; he's so good. Him and Ben Foster, and I'm a big fan of Nick Stahl - those are my three guys.

I don't want to be Angelina Jolie. Not that Angelina Jolie is not the most talented, beautiful, successful, amazing, admirable person who does good things for the world, but I don't want to be a movie star like that.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.

I am going to be a great actress.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.

Everyone always told me I was fated to be in front of the camera.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be on posters. I want to be good.

I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that.

I pray to God every day that he makes me the biggest superstar, but before that, I ask God to make me a good actor. Being a star is hard, but being an actor is even harder. I want to be both before I am done.

What I learnt was a real star never comes on set wearing stardom.

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

The acting thing is the side benefit of becoming a little bit well known with my music.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

Well, I'd love to work with Kate Winslet - she's amazing.

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

If you just want to be a star, go away.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.