Martin Landau Quotes

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

I had no dream of being a movie star.

My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that.

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

Modelling doesn't hold you back in L.A. at all.

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.

If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig.

Ariana Grande was on a TV show, and then she started her career singing. If I'm offered a TV show, I'm going to pursue that and then see if I can push my singing. And then if I push my singing, awesome. My biggest goal, though? Be an actress in movies. I would love to have a career like Meryl Streep's someday.

I never thought about the actors on television or film, like what kind of life they had.

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

I'm an actress, and that's why I'm still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves.

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.

When I start doing movies, that'll be the time to pack Vine in. Quit when you're on top. Be the king.

I really admire actresses like Meryl Streep; I would love to have a career like hers.

I think, being a kid, you always think about being a movie star. And then as I got older, I started thinking about just the work.

One line on a Tom Selleck sitcom does not a career make.

I'm glad that I didn't get a part in 'Scream 2' and become a star in 1995.

I don't have any interest in being a movie star.

If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.

I watched movies, obviously, just like anybody else, but there was nothing to make me think, 'I'm going to go to L.A. and become a movie star,' or anything like that.

I'm here to carve out a strong career in the leading-man space.

I have been in this industry for over a decade, and I still don't consider myself a movie star.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

I know many actresses who started big but were sent packing, as they couldn't sustain the momentum. I am in this for the long haul.

I got to work with Sarah Michelle Gellar, and that's the thing that you dream of.