Stephen McHattie Quotes

What’s the difference between and actor and a movie star. An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life only gets tricky if you confuse the two.

I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.

Once you become a celebrity, you are no longer a person, but an archetype.

When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.'

The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.

All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.

The only difference is that I'm a celebrity, and I'm shown to the world. Apart from that, I think I'm like most women my age.

The newspapers had described me as the Jagger of the Aga. It wasn't hard living up to the reputation.

I wouldn't consider myself a so-called 'celebrity.' Arrrgh, for the love of God!

I'm not a big Hollywood star. I'm an actor. I'm called a star. That's not what I am. First of all I'm a human being; my profession is acting. People give you titles. They say you're an up and coming star, then they say you're a star, then they say you're a washed-up star. So I don't get caught up in what I'm called. My job, my profession, is acting.

I don't know how Hollywood sees me.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

Audiences could never relate to me as anything other than Tori Spelling.

I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

I don't really want to be a celebrity.

I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

I don't maybe follow the normal star profile, and it's not something that I particularly want to embrace in terms of the publicity thing and wanting to be famous and known.

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.

I don't want to be a reality TV star - that's not for me.

I think it would be really brutal to put on a persona and get famous for that persona. Like, 'I'm number one, I'm the best!' because that sounds like a lot of pressure.