It has always been important to me to be a creative artist, not to be a star, not to be rich, not to be famous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.
My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having fame.
If you're lucky enough to be famous, then it's great if you can use your fame and the power your fame gives you to draw attention to things that really matter.
For me, it's never been about being famous. I just want to be a successful singer. I wanna work hard... If I'm in the papers, grace, but I want to be there for the right reasons - for my music.
I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.
My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor.
People want stardom or fame or whatever - instant gratification as opposed to learning one's craft, which, when I was starting out, was the most important thing: that you are as fully equipped for your job or your art as possible.
I don't think being a star has ever been part of the plan. But I always want to do really good work, even when I made career moves with projects that made more sense in sort of a career way than in an artistic way... like I did with 'The Darkest Hour.'
I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.
I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.