Ruth Negga Quotes

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.

I didn't become an actor to be famous. I genuinely love acting and never expected to make a penny at it.

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, 'I don't want to be famous.' But the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work.

I don't want to be a top Bollywood actress. That's not what is driving me.

I don't want to become a star. I never wished to become an actor, even when I am here. When you decide to become an actor, you've to choose why you're doing it. Are you doing it to become an actor or because you want to be famous? I am doing it because I love being in front of the camera.

I don't want to be famous as a movie star and have the whole world love me, I want to be a creative actress.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making other people money.

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work.

I knew a lot of girls who just wanted to be famous, and if that's your goal, that's awesome; that just wasn't enough for me.

I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous.

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.

I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it.

I never wanted to be famous. I want to be more famous than I am so I can get the roles. I hate losing the roles. I was famous more for being around people who were famous, and I hate that kind of fame.

Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.

I want to become more famous, even more famous.

It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.

A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.'

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.