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

The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

Even when I was little, people would always ask me if I wanted to be a movie star, and I would always say, 'No, I just want to be an actor.'

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.

I wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be.

I always wanted to be an actor. It's something I always secretly wanted. You know, I had the experience of being picked on as a child, and I would tell people, 'You're gonna be sorry when I'm famous!' And then I learned after they kicked the stuffing out me that you don't say that out loud.

When I was a kid growing up, you maybe secretly wanted to be an actor, but you never said.

I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.

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.

I knew from a young age that I wanted to be an actor. I never even thought about other careers. The acting field is certainly not the path many Indian parents encourage their children to take, but mine were very supportive. They wanted me to have an education, but understood that this is what I wanted to do.