Not only did I come out as a reality star that was very boisterous and vivacious and outspoken and all those things. I flipped that into money and respect. And a lot of people can't do that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I wanted people to see that I really am a real person. I'm not just some guy who was on a TV show, some guy engulfed in the Hollywood life. I'm just a normal guy when it comes down to it.
I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.
I don't maybe follow the normal star profile, and it's not something that I particularly want to embrace in terms of the publicity thing and wanting to be famous and known.
I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.
I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.
I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.
You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.
And I always tried to be not a star. To be someone who people like to talk to.
I was an actress long before I was a reality TV person.
I didn't want to be known as the reality-show star trying to be an actress, so I kept a lot of the failed auditions to myself.