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I always loved working as an actress, but I didn't understand why I couldn't just opt out of being famous. And then I realized you can, and I think I did. And eventually, I came to understand that you can do that and also keep working.

— Debra Winger

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It is difficult to understand why I am so famous. I never thought I wanted to be an actress. I never thought about it. I think it is my destiny to be in this business.

— Li Bingbing

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

— David McCallum

It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from.

— Sarah Polley

My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.

— Harrison Ford

I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't want to.

— Sophie Okonedo

I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well.

— Rocky Carroll

I love my work, but I don't like being in the spotlight. I was never going to be an actor, that's for sure.

— Duncan Jones

I've never been interested in being famous. I enjoy acting. That's what's important to me.

— Dominic Sherwood

✗Opposing Perspectives

I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.

— Gabourey Sidibe

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything.

— Isabelle Huppert