After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.
I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.
I am a movie star.
I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.
When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.
Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies.
I felt privileged to be a facet of such a jewel in the crown of American cinema.
I'm not trying necessarily to become a movie star; that wouldn't be bad but that's not the aim. I'm just trying to do interesting things and go into areas where I've not been before.
I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star.