Natasha Little Quotes

I think the life of an actor is very glamorous to other people - then, realities set in.

I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole idea of having to act is too gruesome. It's too ambitious for me.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.

There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity.

I want to be an actor - I don't want to be a celebrity. They are two different things, and people have forgotten that they are different.

I like the character roles. Somewhere back there I really came to the conclusion in my mind that the difference between acting and stardom was major. And that 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.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

A lot of people assume that once you're working in Hollywood you become some sort of glamour-diva, which could not be further from the truth about me.

If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.

You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.'

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

I wanted to be an actor from a young age, but actually becoming one and seen the ugly side of the world does feel different and sometimes unwelcome. There are shallow, vapid, untalented people zombieing the streets of Hollywood, adding decadence and immorality to an already extravagant business.

I was so enamored with the idea of being in show business so everything was bright to me. I mean, I didn't think of it as being tough and things like that.

Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

Like my father, like most actors, I was a pretty ambitious guy.

That experience with 'Rent' went by so fast. I was younger. I didn't even really know what opening night was. And now I'm thinking back on the times I went to Broadway as a kid and the excitement I felt... And I'm realizing that I'm actually a part of that, so I'm learning to take it in, 'cause so often I shrug it away.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.

I didn't choose to be an actress.

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'

You have to succeed as a young actor, then as a dad actor, those would be my 'Harvey Moon' years, then as an old actor.

I think a lot of people, if they get the opportunity to do some acting, they think, 'I might be a star.'