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I did a cover for 'Rolling Stone' the other day and it was a kind of crazy lack of outfit. I thought, 'Oh, Lord. I'm never going to be Jane Austen in a film now!' 'Cause that's what I'd really like to do.

— Rose McGowan

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

— J. K. Rowling

I was on the cover of a lot of magazines, and there were compliments about beauty and fashion and what I was wearing. Man, if you get locked into that, you can lose your freedom as an actress.

— Laura Dern

When my agent told me I had an audition for 'Friar Tuck,' I burst out laughing. It actually brought a bit of sunshine to my day. I was thinking: fat suit. I was thinking: shaving my head. It was so outlandish, such a crazy idea.

— David Harewood

Before 'Austenland,' I got do a lead role in 'Northanger Abbey', which is Jane Austen. Growing up in England, you can't really ignore Jane Austen. It's always been there.

— JJ Feild

One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine.

— Ben Affleck

I'm totally in love with Jane Austen and have always been in love with Jane Austen. I did my dissertation at university on black people in eighteenth-century Britain - so I'd love to do a Jane Austen-esque film but with black people.

— Naomie Harris

I did a cover of the James Bond theme, and I felt like such a fraud, because the original is so good.

— Moby

I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script.

— Dougray Scott

I got to play a real D-bag lawyer, and comb my hair really awfully and kiss Emma Stone, so it was a really wonderful day on set.

— Josh Groban

✗Opposing Perspectives

I think of myself as a cover girl. But I would never do some kind of cheesy magazine.

— Irina Shayk