Olivia Williams Quotes

If you are the kind of guy who draws in 100 million people to see his film, you've got every right to be paid accordingly, but I qualify as a character actor. I don't put a bum on a seat.

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actor's always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.

Stars are always bigger. They bring the audience to the theatres. More than that, they do a lot of work in a film, and they are always on top. I am in no way competing with them.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars.

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.

I always wanted to be an actress. I always wanted to be a movie star.

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

I'm sure that people must say about me, on the screen, 'Good gracious, is Jeanette MacDonald going to take off her clothes - again?

If my goal is to become a movie star, me working at a pizza shop won't help me. I have to make the stars align.

I didn't have this feeling that I should be a leading actor in the cinema. And I wouldn't want the responsibility of the opening weekend.

I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.

Ideally, I'd like to go right back to getting $7 million a picture and being the headliner. That's probably not going to happen.

There's a sense most notably with my movies that for people to turn up, and make them big, you have to have a celebrity status. But it's not a choice I've made. It comes to you.

I always wanted to be a big star.

I would love to work with Alia Bhatt. I think she is very talented and has been really good in all her films.

There was a time when the directors would sign me first and then go to the hero. There was a time when on my name a film used to be sold.

I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name.

All the top stars like Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh, etc. do very few films a year and I don't think it's affected their visibility or fan following in any way.

The difference between an actor and a star is the budget and the overall presentation of a film.