All Quotes

I never wanted fame.
‐‐ Jack Dunphy

I never wanted fame, of all things, and I'm not just being cheeky. There are benefits that come with being famous, but there's also confusion. It's important to make sure your feet stay on the ground.
‐‐ Grace Park

I never wanted for anything. We went to Ireland for holidays every year. I was 14 when we first went to Italy. My mum was determined I was going to go to a good school. My mum was an absolute grafter. A real grafter. I got my work ethic from her.
‐‐ Imelda Staunton

I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.
‐‐ Anita Diament

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.
‐‐ Alexander Payne

I never wanted my kids to feel I was more interested in anything I was doing than I was in them.
‐‐ John Irving

I never wanted to be a bombshell; I wanted to be an actor. I would much prefer to be a woman than a man, but if I was a dude, maybe I'd have Johnny Depp's island because women in this industry after a certain age definitely don't get to do 'Pirates of the Caribbean.'
‐‐ Lori Petty

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.
‐‐ Sarah Jessica Parker

I never wanted to be a celebrity writer. I wanted to be a good writer. I'm still trying to be a good writer. That's what gets me out of bed in the morning.
‐‐ Thomas McGuane

I never wanted to be a Cold War novelist.
‐‐ Alan Furst

I never wanted to be a dancer. I was too big, I was too slow. I remember not liking it. Later on, when I came to the United States, I realized I had a skill, and when you come to this country, you realize if you have a skill and a determination, you can do anything.
‐‐ Maksim Chmerkovskiy

I never wanted to be a director.
‐‐ Albert Brooks

I never wanted to be a director. I came into this industry by the little door, so I never learned anything; I never went to school. Actors will tell you I'm very precise. I just have the intuition of doing things.
‐‐ Olivier Megaton

I never wanted to be a film director but after this experience I really loved it. I would love to do more documentaries but it's difficult to find backing for them.
‐‐ Marc Singer

I never wanted to be a ginger.
‐‐ Rose Leslie

I never wanted to be a magician. I never wanted to be a comedian. I never wanted to be onstage.
‐‐ Penn Jillette

I never wanted to be a model. I never wanted to be a serious actress. I started off doing comedy. I did a stand-up comedy camp at the Laugh Factory, and I started out on Nickelodeon.
‐‐ Amanda Bynes

I never wanted to be a model. My modelling career was nothing but a stepping stone to my acting career and that's all I ever saw it as. A pointless rock in the river that has to be stepped on in order to get to the meaningful oasis of acting.
‐‐ Halle Berry

I never wanted to be a movie star.
‐‐ Clive Owen

I never wanted to be a playwright.
‐‐ Zoe Kazan

I never wanted to be a pop star.
‐‐ Anne Stevenson

I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right.
‐‐ Carl Honore

I never wanted to be a pundit.
‐‐ Robert MacNeil

I never wanted to be a puppeteer. I stopped puppeteering when I was about 18. I puppeteered when I was eleven years old to 18 to make extra money to go to Europe, which I made half of and my parents gave me half.
‐‐ Frank Oz

I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.
‐‐ Jane Goodall

I never wanted to be a star.
‐‐ Sherry Stringfield

I never wanted to be a star, and I don't really want to be famous. I just love the stability of my life. I'm a complete family guy.
‐‐ Joshua Morrow

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.
‐‐ Gregory Hines

I never wanted to be a trophy wife. I wanted to make it on my own. I didn't want to depend on a man.
‐‐ Mamie Van Doren

I never wanted to be a writer.
‐‐ Herta Muller

I never wanted to be a writer. I mean, that's the last thing I wanted.
‐‐ Gore Vidal

I never wanted to be a writer. I still don't.
‐‐ Carolyn Chute

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
‐‐ Natalie Babbitt

I never wanted to be aligned to a mature group because they go off and become politicians and stuff.
‐‐ Richard O'Brien

I never wanted to be an actor.
‐‐ Moon Bloodgood

I never wanted to be an actor, and to this day I don't. I can't get a handle on it. An actor wants to become someone else. I am a song-and-dance man, and I enjoy being myself, which is all I can do.
‐‐ Dick Van Dyke

I never wanted to be an actor as a kid. I wanted to play hockey, like every other kid in Canada. I had a pretty good shot at it until I was 15 and badly injured myself.
‐‐ Matt Frewer

I never wanted to be an actor. I got stuck in it and kind of liked what I was doing.
‐‐ James Garner

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.
‐‐ Vincent Gallo

I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.
‐‐ Craig Roberts

I never wanted to be an actress. I didn't have any ambition in that area.
‐‐ Pattie Boyd

I never wanted to be an actress, really. I sort of caught the bug fairly late. So many people are so intrigued with the glamour and celebrity of acting, and a lot of actors start acting when they are 9 or 10 years old - so young. I started when I was about 24.
‐‐ Bitsie Tulloch

I never wanted to be an actress who complained about the lack of roles for women.
‐‐ Kelly Rowan

I never wanted to be an anchor for 25 years, and suddenly I wanted to be one.
‐‐ John Stossel

I never wanted to be anything but a writer, and I never let go of it.
‐‐ Jonathan Evison

I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer.
‐‐ Richard Avedon

I never wanted to be defined by what I did for a living.
‐‐ Jane Clayson

I never wanted to be famous.
‐‐ Dave Attell

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
‐‐ Ray Charles

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.
‐‐ Johnathon Schaech

I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.
‐‐ Caitlin Moran