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I'm not a star, I'm an actor - there's a difference!

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 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.

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.

I don't know the definition of a star; I am just an actor. I prefer doing hard work, as I feel luck can't do much in absence of hard work. I am a lazy person - when I entered into this industry, I thought it was a cakewalk, but I have realised it needs a lot of patience and hard work.

There is a lot of struggle in being an actor; you need so much emotional strength, no matter what level of stardom you have, that it's nice to have something steady.

I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you.

Some people are very good at being 'stars' and it suits them. I'm grudging about it and I find it annoying.

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.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.