...But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that.

I wanted to be an actor. I never wanted to grow up. I never wanted to. I wanted to fly.

I never even aspired to be an actress. Even when I was very young, I had three aspirations: to be a surgeon, or an FBI agent, or a pie salesman.

I wasn't cut out for office life, I always wanted to be an actor.

I didn’t want to be an actress, because I had been around that lifestyle my whole life. So, I just thought I wanted to be more serious or some stupid thing. I think what changed it was I was 22 or so and I had this exercise. I was up on stage performing, and when you're doing it well, it is the most exhilarating thing in the world. It just feels like the most alive you can be or something, and I decided I am going to try and do that.

I never dreamed of being an actor, but I'm beginning to love it more and more because I like challenging myself. When I feel like I'm not learning or having fun anymore, then I'll stop.

When I was 5 or 6, I already was telling people, I want to be a movie star. I was already a movie fan, though at the time I thought the actors were actually behind the screen. As a boy, my dream was just to be a movie star; later, I wanted to be an actor.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I had this whole plan to go to a good drama school and do it that way. I wasn't trying to get into movies; someone came to my high school and auditioned some girls, so it was a complete accident.

I did not like acting. I wasn’t very good and wasn’t interested in being good but I was interested in helping people that were good.

I wanted to go into dramatics and become an actress, but my mother wouldn't let me.

From the time I was a very young kid I didn’t want to do anything but make movies the rest of my life.

I don't think I want to be acting in my real life. Politicians literally act when they should take it as a profession.

I don't want to be a star, merely dying.

I never wanted to be a painter; I wanted to be a tap dancer.