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"I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me."

"I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me."

Jensen Ackles, American Actor

Christian, Church, Bible, Beliefs

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"My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something."

"My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something."

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

Father, Brothers, Police

91

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."

Will Smith, American Actor

Money, People, Want

86

"I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything."

"I never talk about my personal life. After these rumours, I definitely do not want to comment on anything."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

Life, Talk, Want

82

"Grief changes shape, but it never ends."

"Grief changes shape, but it never ends."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

82

"You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night."

"You're here to sweat. This program is live. There's about one thousand million people watching you. So, you remember - one wrong word, one foolish gesture and your whole career could go down in flames. Hold that thought and have a nice night."

Paul Hogan, Australian Actor

Thought, People, Career, Night

81

"I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it."

"I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Opportunity, Luck

81

"I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I'm quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India."

"I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I'm quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India."

Amitabh Bachchan, Indian Actor

Life, Controversy, Day, Help

80

"If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it."

"If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it."

Russell Crowe, Australian Actor

76

"The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro , like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act."

"The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro , like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

Life, Action, Want

71

"I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play."

"I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called "A Banquet for the Moon." It was a weird play."

Mako, Japanese Actor

America, First, Moon, Play

70

"As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food."

"As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food."

Danny Bonaduce, American Actor

Father, Dad, Food, Job

70

"Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there."

"Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there."

Will Smith, American Actor

Change, Money, Success, People

69

"I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled."

"I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Thought, People, Now

63

"When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors."

"When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Leading

62

"Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin!"

"Give me liberty or give me a bran muffin!"

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

61

"But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected."

"But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

Religion, Father, Now

61

"The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit."

"The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

61

"There have been many times when you spend a number of months and the finished product is not what you wanted to see. And 'Batman Begins' was what I wanted to see."

"There have been many times when you spend a number of months and the finished product is not what you wanted to see. And 'Batman Begins' was what I wanted to see."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

60

"I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott."

"I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott."

Sam Elliott, American Actor

Sex, Symbol, Want

60

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

59

"I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family."

"I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Equality, Family, Cause

57

"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap."

"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

Death, Trust, Dying, Killing

57

"You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it."

"You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it."

Gael Garcia Bernal, Mexican Actor

Change, Diaries, Play

57

"I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait."

"I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I'm cured. It's a very inconsistent personality trait."

Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor

Moment, Moments, Personality

56

"The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am."

"The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

Mind, Publicity

56

"And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years."

"And I've been lucky in that I haven't had another job besides acting in the last five years."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

Acting, Job, Years

55

"I don't want to lose my accent, I just want it to become smaller."

"I don't want to lose my accent, I just want it to become smaller."

Goran Visnjic, Croatian Actor

55

"I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV."

"I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

Children, Cinema, Theatre

54

"The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it."

"The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Artists, Fact, Nothing

54

"The sexual deviance - I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss that; but we do have hints of it but in a more psychological way and therefore more human way, arguably. Or certainly to the extent that the animated series takes that sexuality."

"The sexual deviance - I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss that; but we do have hints of it but in a more psychological way and therefore more human way, arguably. Or certainly to the extent that the animated series takes that sexuality."

Marton Csokas, New Zealander Actor

Lying, Sexuality

52

"The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility."

"The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility."

Oded Fehr, Israeli Actor

Life, Work, People, Army

51

"Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat."

"Meg Ryan is a beautiful and courageous woman. I grieve the loss of her companionship but I've not lost the friendship. We talk all the time and that was what our connection was about. She has a wonderful mind and we just like a chat."

Russell Crowe, Australian Actor

Time, Friendship, Companionship, Connection

51

"It takes 10 million failures to find the right stuff."

"It takes 10 million failures to find the right stuff."

George Lindsey, American Actor

51

"I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do."

"I do not regret the things I've done, but those I did not do."

Rory Cochrane, American Actor

51

"Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God."

"Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

God, Faith, Fear, Devil

50

"My one ambition is to play a hero."

"My one ambition is to play a hero."

Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese Actor

49

"I've done a lot of that kind of work before, anyway, and I was in good hands."

"I've done a lot of that kind of work before, anyway, and I was in good hands."

Marton Csokas, New Zealander Actor

49

"I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously."

"I work with the options I have in front of me and my reasons for choosing a job can vary enormously depending on the circumstances. Sometimes I take a job because it's a group of people I'm dying to work with, and sometimes it can be a desire to shake things up a bit and not to take myself too seriously."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Work, People, Circumstances, Desire

49

"I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God."

"I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

God, Job, Nothing, Years

49

"It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood."

"It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood."

Martin Henderson, New Zealander Actor

Challenge, Hollywood

48

"Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me."

"Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me."

Tim Roth, British Actor

Ideas, Reason, Writers

48

"You know, it's always fun to play the bad guy at the end of the day."

"You know, it's always fun to play the bad guy at the end of the day."

Julian McMahon, Australian Actor

Day, End, Fun, Play

47

"I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it."

"I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Gambling, Passion, Want, Years

47

"I'm the slowest driver in the world."

"I'm the slowest driver in the world."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

47

"I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there."

"I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

Dream, Childhood

47

"When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk."

"When I played drunks I had to remain sober because I didn't know how to play them when I was drunk."

Richard Burton, Welsh Actor

47

"Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight."

"Physically I'm tired at the end of the day and quite glad to be reading in bed by midnight."

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

Bed, Day, End, Midnight

47

"My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split."

"My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split."

Pierce Brosnan, Irish Actor

47

"Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace."

"Maybe it's like becoming one with the cigar. You lose yourself in it; everything fades away: your worries, your problems, your thoughts. They fade into the smoke, and the cigar and you are at peace."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

Peace, Thoughts, Problems

46

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