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Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.

But at the end of the day, every star, every person that been iconic, has gone through a time in their lives where it was just bad. Everybody. It just made them better.

Idolatry is really not good for anyone. Not even the idols.

I know I'm not some matinee idol, but I think we're sold this bill of goods by the media, which says that only the most beautiful and dashing people can become movie stars. So when someone like me sneaks in, they have to redo the calculations.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

People have an idol they want to be like and try to follow what the idols did. But when you do, you find out you're not very successful and you're not very happy. You try to copy these models, and it doesn't yield successful results.

Stars really are like anyone else. At the end of the day, Brad Pitt poops - as handsome as he may be - and so does Angelina Jolie.

As far as the filmmaking process is concerned, stars are essentially worthless - and absolutely essential.

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.