Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.
I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.
I have no deep-seated desire to be famous; that's not what's driving me, so if it's something I don't want to do, I don't do it. Maybe it's stubborn, but any choices, if you don't like them, yell at me, because it for sure was my bad.
You'd probably never recognize the drummer from your favorite band ever, if they walked past you on the street. I didn't even recognize the drummer from Pink Floyd the other day, and they're one of the biggest bands in the world ever. That's their choice, they're not the front man, they don't want to be, they want to be behind their drum kit. They're always the ones in the photo shoots that look slightly uncomfortable when they're forced to wear a leather jacket.
I don't want to be a celebrity. I never, ever did.
Everybody wanted me to be rich and famous on my art. And I said no to all the commercials and all the seedy offers.
I don't want to be a big movie star.
I didn't want to be known. People say, 'I didn't want to toil in obscurity.' I like toiling in obscurity.
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 didn't really get into the sport for fame. I didn't get into it to be this infamous guy that everybody worships. I got into this sport to make a difference.
I personally was driven to be an actor for the love of telling a story. It was very closely linked to being a reader as a kid and being transported by literature and art. It had nothing - zero - to do with anything resembling fame.
I didn't start making music in order to be famous.
I'm not a movie star, and I don't want to become a movie star.
In my 20s, I was a monk. I was obsessed with theatre, not being famous, not with television. I was 20 years on the stage before I set foot in front of a camera.
I'm no Zac Efron.
I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.
I've always kept a low profile and said no to 'Saturday Night Live' and stuff like that.
I'm not interested in corporate magic or fame.
The frame of a soul was never made for fame. The frame of a soul was made to serve.
I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.
I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.
I never wanted to be a celebrity.
I'm not the guy who wins awards and gets mentioned in magazines.
I'm not after the money or the fame. I'm after the world championship, and that's it.
And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need.
