Satyadev Kancharana Quotes

A movie star is someone who has to open a film to gazillions of dollars. I'm just trying to pay my mortgage.

One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

People call me a movie star. If you're in the business, a movie star is someone who can make a film bankable. My name and $6 million will make a $6 million movie. I'm a working actor. Because I started late, I had a very short run as a leading man, and my films didn't make money in America.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

I can't wait to meet Steven Spielberg or Al Pacino again so I can say, 'I have to tell you how you know me. You know me because I am the worst actor in the world.'

People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.

Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture.

Not many people get to play the lead character in a gigantic film and model for Ralph Lauren; it's amazing.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

My movie career - if such a thing even exists - is laughable.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

I've done quite a few big American films.

In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.

It's kind of hard to work with Tom Cruise and not be aware that you're working with one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.

I didn't think I'd do movies in Los Angeles. I never thought it would happen. In fact, it was not a fantasy. For me, I said, 'If ever I go there, they will ask me to do 'Legally Blonde 5.'

All I ever wanted was a successful career as an actress.

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

I always wanted to be in movies, but I never thought that in a million years there would be a documentary about my life.

Only the film industry can make you an overnight success. Unlike other jobs where you have to work your way up, here you can reach dizzying heights of fame instantly.

Everybody wants a movie career. I found that pretty elusive. I did make a movie with Martin Sheen about a nuclear scientist who has a religious experience. I don't even know what it was called. I don't think it was ever released.

As an actor, you're always told that your career needs box-office numbers.