“There's one wonderful thing about this business. You're privileged to meet some great people. There's a bond of sincere commiseration. The stuffed shirts form a fence behind which the others can get and tell naughty stories.”

Robert Mitchum

“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.”
Christian Bale

“If you become a star, people are going to go to see you. If you remain an actor, they're going to go and see the story you're in.”
Morgan Freeman

“Music is still part of my life, but I hate the idea of people coming to see me play the guitar because they've seen me in movies.”
Johnny Depp

“Elvis Presley – bloated, over the hill, adolescent entertainer, suddenly drawing people into Las Vegas – had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.”
Marlon Brando On Elvis Presley