GUY PEARCE - GUY PEARCE AVOIDS FAME

Hunky actor GUY PEARCE loves making movies - but he'd hate to be more famous.

The Australian heart-throb, who assaulted the dizzy peaks of stardom after 1997's LA CONFIDENTIAL, insists he's quite happy avoiding Hollywood A-list status.

He says, "I don't want to be a celebrity. The little amount that I've had in the past - it was fun going into it. But once you realize you're in, you realize you don't actually want to be in it anymore."

The English-born star also finds barriers to fame in his own mind - he doesn't believe he's charismatic enough.

He explains of being offered big roles, "I'm not going to pull this off, at all. You'd have to be GEORGE CLOONEY or TOM CRUISE, who has natural, incredible, magnetic, confident charisma.

"I want to be a really good support, in second or third place. I can think better when I'm in this place. I can see what needs to be done. I kind of know my place."