I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting…

“I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead”

Tom Berenger

About This Quote

This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation.

The speaker values supporting roles over fame, emphasizing personal fulfillment rather than spotlight.

In simple terms: Prefers supporting roles to stardom.

Key Takeaway

Find purpose beyond fame.

Themes

career humility teamwork

Mood

thoughtful motivational

Type

inspirational reflective

When to use this quote

career counseling
acting workshops

Key Concepts

psychology role theory

Questions to Reflect On

How can supporting roles lead to growth?
What defines success for you?

A Different Perspective

The view may undervalue leadership opportunities.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

More by Tom Berenger

I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques for that…

Tom Berenger

I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March

Tom Berenger

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person…

Tom Berenger

I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood

Tom Berenger

Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I…

Tom Berenger

I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of…

Tom Berenger

You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access…

Tom Berenger

In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for.

Tom Berenger

I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon

Tom Berenger

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time

Tom Berenger

I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written…

Tom Berenger

I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor

Tom Berenger

I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect.

Tom Berenger

While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized…

Tom Berenger

I feel more comfortable doing films with groups of guys. It's a lot easier for me. There's a difference with women: you can't take…

Tom Berenger

Explore all 35 Tom Berenger quotes

More Actor quotes

I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have…

Julianne Moore

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions…

Kelli O'Hara

I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since.

Akshay Kumar

There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as…

Adeel Akhtar

I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to…

David S. Goyer

I'm an actor, so I'm never going to feel like I've done enough.

Italia Ricci

I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor…

Esai Morales

When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first…

Ana de Armas

If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And…

Warwick Davis

failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.

Lillian Hellman

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…

Annie Potts

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid…

Liv Hewson

It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought…

Giles Matthey

I never planned to do female roles. It just happened. I was typecast.

Divine

Once I committed to acting, this has been it.

Ernie Hudson

Browse all 21,590 Actor quotes

I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting…

About This Quote

Related quotes

More by Tom Berenger

More Actor quotes