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What I want to be is an actor, not a star.

I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.

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.

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'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'm a career actor. And I question this constant reliance on TV fame and celebrity.

You can either be a movie star or an actor. 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 wanted to be a movie star. But movie stars are not what they used to be.

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.