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I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can't identify the face. I don't have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott.

— John Malkovich

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

What I've realized, and had to become comfortable with, is that I'm just, I don't think, a star. I'm an actor.

— Tim Daly

It never occurred to me that I looked like a movie star.

— Kitty Carlisle

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

— Natalie Wood

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

— Brian Eno

What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

— Edward Albert

I'm an actor. And I guess I've done so many movies I've achieved some high visibility. But a star? I guess I still think of myself as kind of a worker ant.

— Bill Vaughan

Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter.

— Diane Kruger

I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act.

— Paul Muni

I'm big and a lot of the stars are smaller so if you're big and mean looking, you play bad guys. After Blade Runner, I was the meanest guy in Hollywood.

— Brion James

Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.

— Anne Hathaway

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