Some people are really good at playing the movie star - they are really good at cultivating that mystique - but I'm not really into that.
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The point of being a movie star is that people cast you in a role. Actors tie themselves in knots trying to get out of that.
Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.
You're not a star until you love yourself. Directors, yeah, they've got to love their own philosophies. But actors have to really love themselves.
I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.
I'm much better at things if I believe in them, and a lot of those little teenage starlet roles, they have problems, too, and a lot of movies just ignore that.
To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.
Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.
The reason I prefer working with established actors and stars is because they are more popular, and the film reaches out to more people and do well in terms of numbers, too.
I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.
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