Stardom Quotes
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(July 2001): "I thought of every possible angle which would drive me towards stardom. But I never thought of, when I become a star, what will I do, how will I handle it. Everything has hit me all at once. I realize I don`t have the talent to handle it."
Hrithik Roshan
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[interview in People magazine, 1993, on her desire for stardom] I want it so bad. I`ve tried so hard my whole life. I`m kindhearted, and I give, give, give. I think maybe it`s my time to receive.
Anna Nicole Smith
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Women in the industry have been exploited very often, but there are some actors who belive that the short cut to stardom is through nudity or exposure. Such success is, in fact, very short-lived.
Aishwarya Rai
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Maybe I just didn`t have the temperament for stardom. I`ll never forget seeing Bette Davis at the Hilton in Madrid. I went up to her and said, "Miss Davis, I`m Ava Gardner and I`m a great fan of yours." And do you know, she behaved exactly as I wanted her...
Ava Gardner
Keywords: and :: as :: at :: ava :: beha :: behaved :: bette :: davis :: didn :: do :: exactly :: fan :: for :: forget :: gardner :: great :: have :: her :: hilton :: in :: just :: know :: ll :: madrid :: maybe :: miss :: never :: of :: said :: seeing :: she :: stardom :: temperament :: the :: to :: up :: wanted :: went :: you :: yoursSource: imdb.com
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Stardom equals freedom. It`s the only equation that matters.
Dustin Hoffman
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Ah, stardom! They put your name on a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard and you walk down and find a pile of dog manure on it. That tells the whole story, baby.
Lee Marvin
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Stardom equals freedom. It`s the only equation that matters.
Steve McQueen
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If Hollywood gives you a break and it gives you stardom, then it can take it away. If you earn it, it can`t take it away.
Emilio Estevez
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I don`t think film acting is necessarily a triumph of technique. Film stardom is a friendship that happens between an audience and a performer. Its like you meet someone and you click with that person for whatever reason.
Richard Dreyfuss
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On stardom: "It scares me. All those people I don`t know, sometimes they`re so emotional. I mean, if they love you that much without knowing you, they can also hate you the same way."
Marilyn Monroe
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The fun for me is playing characters -- not that I would ever turn down superstardom. But I would only use stardom as a way to get access to all the really great roles. I want to play everything.
Ronny Cox
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[His words to Michael McSweeney when he gave his independent CD in his pre-stardom days]: "If you and your wife like it, great. If you don`t, it`ll make a great coaster."
Michael Buble
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The benefits from stardom as Klinger outweigh any setbacks. It`s a double-edged sword. What makes you famous is what interferes with getting other roles. But there are things that never would have happened without M*A*S*H" (1972). There certainly would be...
Jamie Farr
Keywords: 1972 :: any :: are :: as :: be :: benefits :: but :: certainly :: double :: edged :: famous :: from :: getting :: happened :: have :: interferes :: is :: it :: jam :: klinger :: makes :: never :: no :: other :: outweigh :: roles :: setbacks :: stardom :: sword :: that :: the :: there :: things :: what :: with :: without :: would :: youSource: imdb.com
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Actors today go into TV, which I don`t consider has a lot to do with acting. They only think of stardom. If you photograph well, that`s enough. I have a terrible time distinguishing one from another. Girls wear their hair the same, and are much too anorex...
Lauren Bacall
Keywords: acting :: actors :: and :: anorexic :: another :: are :: consider :: distinguishing :: do :: don :: enough :: from :: girls :: go :: hair :: has :: have :: if :: into :: look :: lot :: much :: of :: one :: only :: photograph :: same :: stardom :: terrible :: that :: the :: their :: they :: think :: time :: to :: today :: too :: tv :: wear :: well :: which :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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At MGM, I always played the second feminine lead. I was never the star in films. I was the brassy, good-hearted showgirl. I never really had my big moment on the screen. Broadway gave me the stardom that my soul kind of yearned for.
Ann Miller
Keywords: always :: at :: big :: brassy :: broadway :: feminine :: films :: for :: gave :: good :: had :: hearted :: in :: kind :: lead :: me :: mgm :: moment :: my :: never :: of :: on :: played :: really :: screen :: second :: showgirl :: soul :: star :: stardom :: that :: the :: was :: yearnedSource: imdb.com
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When I started out in independant films in the early 70s, we did everything for the love of art. It wasn`t about money and stardom. That was what we were reacting against. You`d die before you`d be bought.
Sissy Spacek
Keywords: 70s :: about :: against :: and :: art :: be :: before :: bought :: did :: die :: early :: everything :: films :: for :: in :: independant :: it :: love :: money :: of :: out :: reacting :: stardom :: started :: that :: the :: was :: wasn :: we :: were :: what :: when :: youSource: imdb.com
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There is a lack of dignity to film stardom.
Marlene Dietrich
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I realized as I got older that I could choose to be an actor to a certain extent, but movie stardom is not something you choose. It chooses you. You have very little control over that. So I stopped considering that an option.
Martha Plimpton
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You aim at all the things you have been told that stardom means -- the rich life, the applause, the parties cluttered with celebrities. Then you find that you have it all. And it is nothing, really nothing. It is like a drug that lasts just a few hours, a...
Susan Hayward
Keywords: aim :: all :: and :: applause :: at :: been :: celebrities :: cluttered :: drug :: few :: find :: have :: hours :: is :: it :: just :: lasts :: life :: like :: means :: nothing :: parties :: really :: rich :: sleeping :: stardom :: that :: the :: then :: things :: told :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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Stardom equals financial success, and financial success equals security. I`ve spent too much of my life feeling insecure.
Steve McQueen
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I don`t want this big stardom thing. I just want a good script.
Annette O`Toole
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What I`d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.
Ava Gardner
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It doesn`t exactly feel like a shock, but it`s all new to me, and I`m taking it in as it comes. --On his rise to stardom.
Eminem
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It`s such a struggle to protect your integrity and dignity in this industry ... they really want to attack your morality and your beliefs. They need you to give up a certain part of yourself before they`ll initiate you into `stardom` ... I`ve always been ...
Hayden Christensen
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You`ve got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it`s not in movie stardom.
Gary Sinise
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You really have to love the work. You can`t look for stardom. That`s a by-product.
Donna Mills
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Waking Up Dead does a great job of portraying the irony of stardom`s illusive promise of money, fame and power only to have it boomerang back and cut so many artists to shreds.
David Ellefson
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There is no spray can called `Instant Stardom,` only talent can keep you at the top.
Jim Dale
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The stardom thing happened and now I`m trying to make a comeback, if you want to call it that.
Leif Garrett
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Stardom isn`t a profession; it`s an accident.
Lauren Bacall
