Quotes About Stardom

White boy, white boy, you're a rockstar

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

Fame and success are very different things.

If I feel like too much of a star, I can head to Chennai and be a regular guy.

No big Hindi film star wants to work with me. They are busy with their own dreams.

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

Once you've established yourself with hits that become part of people's lives, then they pretty much always want to see you.

Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.

There are no Asian leading men in Hollywood. There's not an Asian Ryan Gosling or an Asian Brad Pitt.

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

I never took to Hollywood.

For some actors, their star shines brightly and fizzles out. My star doesn't shine that brightly, but it buzzes along. Hopefully, that means it will last longer.

We gon' be a household name!

I did my job to make my name a household name.

Being a household name throughout boxing, that matters to me.

Certain celebs manage to worm their way out of the spotlight, and I won't stand for that.

The kids like to get pictures of me for their parents. They know how proud I am of them-they have a lot more to worry about than my stardom. They are trying to make good choices for their own lives, but this gives them a little fun. They are part of my family.

Eileen Gu, I think, has had to sacrifice her American passport. So welcome to China. I hope stardom and the riches that you have earned through betraying America are all worth it, because you have definitely sold out.

I never wanted to be a Tom Cruise-type of megastar.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

I'm one of those actors who's going to have to create a space for themselves. It's very easy to be the young Tom Cruise, because Hollywood knows what to do with you. But if you're someone who's bringing someone slightly left of center to the table, you're not a sure thing.

I think it's quite tough for people like Tom Cruise where you can never really get away from being Tom Cruise in something. You're so familiar to people and people know so much about your life.

It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was 'Footloose' and my second film I got to star alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

It's kind of hard to work with Tom Cruise and not be aware that you're working with one of the biggest movie stars in the world.