Claire Bloom Quotes

Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.

When someone comes forward and is an individual, such as a Lady Gaga or a Katy Perry, people respond to them because there is that sense of innocence. It's obviously dress up and theatre.

When I walked into the room to meet Michael Landon, it was clear he was a big-time star. To be around him was as far from Charles Ingalls as you could get. The hair was the same - no one touched his hair.

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

One of the weird things about Hollywood is we're all imposters; we're all just glammed up.

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.

As a human being, Joan Crawford is a great actress.

When you're a movie star and you're young, you are always playing someone who's a better fighter, a better lover, a better everything than you.

I work in show business - there's nothing that shocks me anymore!

I'm not particularly good at 'celebrity'; I don't think it was something I was born to do. I think I can get by as an actor, but I've never been one for the red carpet and don't put a lot of stock in celebrities that are famous for being famous.

All that celebrity stuff isn't me. It's just not acting.

Clint Eastwood, to me, is Clint Eastwood. He's great at being Clint Eastwood. But, I don't know how to be that guy. I just don't know how to be one person.

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.

There are two categories of actresses: performance-oriented ones and glamourous ones.

I'm fascinated by people who can keep who they are in the midst of this business, which is all about not only pretending to be other people, but also that perception of who you are and how successful you are and your standing in the business.

I have decided to take on substantial roles. I'm even ready to take on roles which give prominence to glamour; I have absolutely no qualms in doing so.

I loved acting. I didn’t particularly like being a movie star.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

When one deals with stars, he is dealing with intelligent people. If they weren't intelligent, they wouldn't have arrived at the star pinnacle.

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

I have lots of ambitions. I'd love to do theatre. I'd like to be in 'Tea With Mussolini 2;' I'd like to touch Meryl Streep - which would involve being with her in some exotic location. I have lots of fantastical dreams.

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.