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Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.

— Kevin Bacon

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars.

— Kevin Bacon

I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting.

— David McCallum

I want people to know me through the movies I do. I want to be judged on that. If you start becoming famous for your personal life, that's when your career goes away.

— Megan Fox

It is difficult to understand why I am so famous. I never thought I wanted to be an actress. I never thought about it. I think it is my destiny to be in this business.

— Li Bingbing

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

— Rebecca Hall

Maybe to become famous is to reassure yourself that whatever you're lacking inside, you've fulfilled that.

— Irrfan Khan

Why would anyone want to be famous, certainly not me. My only goal in an acting career is to be able to work full time as an actor, filmmaker. When I get to that level, which I will, in this business where I can spend one hundred percent of my time honing my craft, then I will be complete.

— Tim Holmes

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.

— Alan Alda

✗Opposing Perspectives

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

— Steve Coogan

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.

— Johnathon Schaech