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"As a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost."

"As a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost."

Harry von Zell, American Actor

Mission, Right, Space

"Radio is the most intimate and socially personal medium in the world."

"Radio is the most intimate and socially personal medium in the world."

Harry von Zell, American Actor

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"People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's too much to deal with."

"People will sooner aid a sick dog lying on the sidewalk than to try to find shelter for a sick person. It's too much to deal with."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

People, Lying, Will

"People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering."

"People with fertility problems are not alone. It is a very very common problem for couples today. I've seen statistics that are just staggering."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

People, Problems, Statistics, Today

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera."

"They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"We are treated with such generosity of spirit."

"We are treated with such generosity of spirit."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Generosity, Spirit

"It's so much easier to go to the Sony movie complex when you're disabled. You take a great elevator. You get your own little private viewing area. I love it."

"It's so much easier to go to the Sony movie complex when you're disabled. You take a great elevator. You get your own little private viewing area. I love it."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

"I hope it's enabling me to deal with another human being who's more important to me than I am."

"I hope it's enabling me to deal with another human being who's more important to me than I am."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"In nighttime series, the actor gets billing up front on every episode."

"In nighttime series, the actor gets billing up front on every episode."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"If you love your life, you have to fight. If you believe in life and progress and possibilities, you have no choice."

"If you love your life, you have to fight. If you believe in life and progress and possibilities, you have no choice."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Life, Love, Progress, Choice

"I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness."

"I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Father, Being, Selfishness

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"I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there."

"I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Act, Vulnerability

"I particularly don't want to play unmotivated behavior."

"I particularly don't want to play unmotivated behavior."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Behavior, Play, Want

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"I left Guiding Light so many times, they ran out of champagne."

"I left Guiding Light so many times, they ran out of champagne."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home."

"I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Home, Feelings, Negative, Hurt

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"I am not preparing myself or my family for anything but life."

"I am not preparing myself or my family for anything but life."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

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"Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character."

"Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Love, Talent, Character, Ability

"Maybe the body learns from dreams. Maybe the muscles, the neutrons, revitalize."

"Maybe the body learns from dreams. Maybe the muscles, the neutrons, revitalize."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, Body

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"My vanity is not dead. I laugh when I see pictures of myself as I am now-maybe so I won't cry, but just because it is really funny how much I've changed."

"My vanity is not dead. I laugh when I see pictures of myself as I am now-maybe so I won't cry, but just because it is really funny how much I've changed."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Funny, Now, Vanity

"Doing any job for too long limits your possibilities."

"Doing any job for too long limits your possibilities."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Job, Limits, Possibilities

"When I was younger, many of my romantic escapades were just a means of simply avoiding being by myself. I was afraid of feeling lonely, afraid I wouldn't know what to say to myself."

"When I was younger, many of my romantic escapades were just a means of simply avoiding being by myself. I was afraid of feeling lonely, afraid I wouldn't know what to say to myself."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

Being, Feeling, Lonely, Romantic

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"My best evenings are at home with my lady."

"My best evenings are at home with my lady."

Billy Zane, American Actor

"History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that."

"History will tell where I stand in the ranks of Bond villains, I have no control over that."

Rick Yune, American Actor

History, Control, Will

"In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character."

"In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character."

Rick Yune, American Actor

"I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world."

"I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Country, Democracy, World

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"I can't understand why anyone would want nuclear warheads. If you shoot them off, it's not like you can take over that country-all you do is kill millions of people."

"I can't understand why anyone would want nuclear warheads. If you shoot them off, it's not like you can take over that country-all you do is kill millions of people."

Rick Yune, American Actor

People, Country, Want

"I was thinking about that, about what lines you'd be willing to cross if someone took your loved one or child."

"I was thinking about that, about what lines you'd be willing to cross if someone took your loved one or child."

Rick Yune, American Actor

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"I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history."

"I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history."

Rick Yune, American Actor

History, Being, Years

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"It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There's never been a character that's looked this extreme."

"It was tough to try to be serious in front of Halle Berry and Pierce Brosnan with all this stuff in my face. There's never been a character that's looked this extreme."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Character, Extreme

"Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea."

"Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Being, Questions

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"That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!"

"That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!"

Rick Yune, American Actor

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"They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed to be in reality. But we had a genius makeup artist."

"They shaved my head, eyebrows. This is not a sci-fi picture. It's not a fantasy picture. You're dealing with something that's supposed to be in reality. But we had a genius makeup artist."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Genius, Artist, Fantasy, Makeup

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"This is the Bond of the new millennium. Everything is updated, from the action sequences to the interaction between the characters. All the elements reflect changes that have occurred in the world in recent years."

"This is the Bond of the new millennium. Everything is updated, from the action sequences to the interaction between the characters. All the elements reflect changes that have occurred in the world in recent years."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Action, World, Years

"To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams."

"To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, Today

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"When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself."

"When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself."

Rick Yune, American Actor

"Being an American is such a rich environment, because there's so many people from other countries and cultures, and through that you're able to see other people's experiences."

"Being an American is such a rich environment, because there's so many people from other countries and cultures, and through that you're able to see other people's experiences."

Rick Yune, American Actor

People, Being, Countries

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"Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country."

"Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country."

Rick Yune, American Actor

Country, Favorite

"I'm not a leading guy."

"I'm not a leading guy."

Steve Zahn, American Actor

Leadership, Leading

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"I'm theater trained."

"I'm theater trained."

Steve Zahn, American Actor

Theatre, Theater

"For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression."

"For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression."

Billy Zane, American Actor

Love, Trust, Work, Impression

"I enjoyed playing around with that guy, and it was a pleasure every three, four years, coming back seeing how the wardrobe is. Is he heavy? Is he thin? I had fun."

"I enjoyed playing around with that guy, and it was a pleasure every three, four years, coming back seeing how the wardrobe is. Is he heavy? Is he thin? I had fun."

Burt Young, American Actor

Fun, Pleasure, Years

"I used to be a fighter and I'm used to taking weight off."

"I used to be a fighter and I'm used to taking weight off."

Burt Young, American Actor

"My specialties are corpses, unconscious people and people snoring in spectacular epics."

"My specialties are corpses, unconscious people and people snoring in spectacular epics."

Gig Young, American Actor

People, Unconscious

"30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me."

"30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me."

Gig Young, American Actor

"Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments."

"Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments."

Alan Young, English Actor

Act, Being, Court, Judges

"Radio allowed people to act with their hearts and minds."

"Radio allowed people to act with their hearts and minds."

Dick York, American Actor

"We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot of times they couldn't pay the rent. We wouldn't throw them out so we lost the building."

"We bought an apartment building and were going to live off the rent money. We rented to people who were on welfare and a lot of times they couldn't pay the rent. We wouldn't throw them out so we lost the building."

Dick York, American Actor

Money, People, Building, Welfare

"Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall."

"Piper insisted she had to be out of breath when we played this one scene, so she ran around the block. Thank God she wasn't doing a crucifixtion scene; we would have had to nail her to the wall."

Dick York, American Actor

"I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view."

"I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view."

Michael York, British Actor

Destiny, Rejection, Succeed, Will

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