Quotes About Stardom

My own aunt was Merle Oberon, so movie stardom was not a faraway mystery to me as a child: it was part of the family business.

What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people.

Did I ever think about TV stardom? I don't watch a lot of TV. I wasn't even aware of the phenomenon of what was going on in food television, what you started with the Food Network.

I have both joyful and heartbreaking moments in life, even now. Stardom doesn't give us everything.

Some of those early photographs of me might as well be sepia. It's always thought that I disclaim television and am too theatre, but the truth is 'The Avengers' bores me now. I was grateful because it catapulted me into stage stardom. It was good. I'm not ashamed of it. But I only did it for two years.

I was a kid when I did the hit show 'Kasturi' in 2007. Maybe stardom went to my head and I thought I was bigger than I actually was. I took everything for granted.

I don't believe in stardom or in the number game. What I concentrate more is on my work and how I can improve my character.

It doesn't matter how big the film is - if the story is not good, it will not be accepted. Stardom can maybe pull audiences to theatres but beyond that it is all about content.

Hindi films do not respect fine actors, it is all about super stars and stardom. Film-making is reduced to revolving around a star's moods.

I feel when a new comer acts in his first film, he starts feeling top of world and nature changes due to the stardom. And then downfall starts to happen.

I had married, had a child. I was content to stay at home. I had let go of the fantasy of stardom.

Anupam can make you feel good in any situation. His sense of humour and connection with people makes him special. We both are real people and have not picked up the airs of stardom.

I got stardom too easily. I didn't appreciate the breaks. But that's all behind me now.

Goldberg is destined for stardom.

When you're in this business, you're chasing false identities, chasing money and stardom, which is nothing you can hold onto.

I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.

All stars are businessmen. Once you decide to become a star, you are talking about money, fame, and being successful.

With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.

For me, Michael Jackson was a star. Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan are stars. They are the ones who own and carry stardom.

Stars work because of familiarity. They fill theatres because audiences know who they are. There is a brand equity. But there are films strong enough to not need stars, or films that should not be made with stars at all, where only fresh faces will do. So I make the decisions accordingly.

Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.

There will always be rock stars, but I don't know how much depth and longevity they'll have.

I know I'm not some matinee idol, but I think we're sold this bill of goods by the media, which says that only the most beautiful and dashing people can become movie stars. So when someone like me sneaks in, they have to redo the calculations.