“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

“I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.”
Alan Ladd