I didn't become an actor to become a celebrity.

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between…

— Damian Lewis

I didn't become an actor for the money, so I can't stay with a job for that reason. I did too many years of…

— Jean Smart

I'm a professional actor, not a celebrity.

— Pam Ferris

I didn't back into being an actor, I was born one.

— Sally Field

I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I was an…

— Peter Falk

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

— Justin Chon

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…

— Anne Hathaway

I do feel a bit dejected about my film career. I am sad that it didn't take off as expected. I didn't get my…

— Karishma Tanna

There's nothing I dislike more than being in a photo shoot where they say, 'Be yourself.' That's not why I became an actress. That's…

— Margot Robbie

I didn't become an actor to make money. And I didn't become an actor to be famous - though people always gasp if you…

— Ruth Negga

I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted…

— Willie Aames

I didn't become an actor because I thought I'd make lots of money.

— Richard Armitage

Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor.

— Jenna Fischer

Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.

— Mark Lester

In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications…

— John Updike