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A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother?

Being a movie star isn't easy. It requires a lot of commitment and sacrifice. Your career goes through extreme ups and downs. You are judged all the time. Great things are written about you, but at the same time, not-so-good things are also said. At times, things are said about you that are completely untrue, and people mostly try to pull you down.

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.

There is less pressure as a character actor. It generally means that you will be acting for all of your life, which is my intention. It is not my intention to just be a rich and famous person, that would be pretty boring.

There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

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've been fortunate, but I'm also not very precious about making sure I'm the star of a film.

As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity.