Clive Owen: “I never wanted to be a movie star”

Clive Owen didn’t become an actor because he wanted to be famous.

The sexy 47-year-old found it weird going from obscurity to suddenly being a star.

“I never wanted to be a movie star. And I didn’t become an actor to become famous. I genuinely didn’t. It was always theater for me,” he said.

“Chancer was a baptism of fire. It’s very weird to go from obscurity to suddenly being in newspapers.

“When somebody is hot, everyone wants a piece of it. If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions.

“It takes time to recalibrate and see what’s important.”

“I never think of meeting actors. I think of the times I’ve met footballers.”