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If you work with big stars, then they become the lead actors. It's not that I don't want to do films with big stars, but I would rather do the films where I get the title roles.

It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.

Great actors are people who just meld into the part without calling attention to the fact that they are so-and-so doing this part. They may never become huge stars, but will always, in memory, stay respected actors.

Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

There are certain stars who are not actors. I don't want to be that type.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.

To a certain extent I suppose all actors are big kids.