James MacArthur Quotes

I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al Pacino's life.

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

I'm not especially interested in actors or their life, double, triple identities and all that.

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

I really love being in 'Game of Thrones,' but I don't know if it's my big break.

I hate to consider myself a celebrity.

I hated working red carpets, I hated the whole celebrity interview process. I just realized I'd rather be the person somebody wanted to ask questions to than the person asking the questions.

I know kids who participated in reality shows and became a superstar over time without singing for films, because the opportunities are wider besides films.

I really don't have any struggle story to tell about my stint in Tellytown.

I got caught up in the whole celebrity thing, lost control at times.

People very rarely know my real name but recognise me as characters from my shows, such as 'Last Tango In Halifax.'

The camera, I hate it. That's something I need to endure while working as an actor. In the end, because of fame, Gong Yoo exists. It's the driving force that keeps me going.

Nobody knows the man behind Rajesh Khanna, because that never existed. In his last few days, he had told me, 'Pack up, show is over.'

Everybody I meet is a star. In Bombay it is crazy and even TV has become so big that there are just too many stars and there is too much greed for that little space on the newspaper.

As fame becomes more democratized, we might all have to start struggling with the powers, anxieties, and responsibilities of being a minor celeb.

An actor's life is abnormal! It feels like I'm being watched all the time, whether I'm at a restaurant, gym, or anywhere. I sometimes feel I don't want to be looked at.

For me, I was never someone who wanted to hold on to the celebrity image.

I can't spend any time cultivating celebrity.

The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.

The best part about reality shows is that they make you a well known name.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I never, ever did.