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"I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me."
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John Cleese
"I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me."
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"One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor."
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Ralph Fiennes
"One of the things that binds us as a family is a shared sense of humor."
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"The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball."
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James Lafferty
"The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball."
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"I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing a Chinese accent or a funny walk."
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David Carradine
"I don't need to convince anybody that I know kung fu, but maybe somebody needs to know that I really can act, without doing a Chinese accent or a funny walk."
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"I might get drunk one day and fall in love or fall over a hooker outside, and I would have consummated a relationship that I couldn't necessarily believe in."
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Oliver Reed
"I might get drunk one day and fall in love or fall over a hooker outside, and I would have consummated a relationship that I couldn't necessarily believe in."
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"Pacifists are like sheep who believe that wolves are vegetarians."
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Yves Montand
"Pacifists are like sheep who believe that wolves are vegetarians."
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"I would have loved to have met some former spies, but they don't readily advertise themselves unless they're not living in Moscow, and even then. I'm sure I've met some without realizing it."
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Jeremy Northam
"I would have loved to have met some former spies, but they don't readily advertise themselves unless they're not living in Moscow, and even then. I'm sure I've met some without realizing it."
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"If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her."
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Denzel Washington
"If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her."
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"It's strange how parts come along, how life lives us, and what we get to do with the abilities that are given us."
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Michael Richards
"It's strange how parts come along, how life lives us, and what we get to do with the abilities that are given us."
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"There's a lot of labor involved in the birth of a new town."
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Michael Richards
"There's a lot of labor involved in the birth of a new town."
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"I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning."
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Robert Duvall
"I love the smell of juice boxes in the morning."
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"Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81."
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Patrick Macnee
"Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81."
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"I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television."
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Jeffrey Hunter
"I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television."
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"Movies are just ridiculously expensive."
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Anthony Michael Hall
"Movies are just ridiculously expensive."
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"So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?"
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James Earl Jones
"So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I thought I would enjoy, which was acting. And it was probably because there was girls over in the drama school too, you know?"
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"When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get."
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Kurt Russell
"When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get."
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"Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success."
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Val Kilmer
"Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without any success."
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"A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life."
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Tab Hunter
"A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life."
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"I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history."
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Humphrey Bogart
"I made more lousy pictures than any actor in history."
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"You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in."
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Ian McKellen
"You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in."
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"You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather."
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Albert Finney
"You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather."
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"My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever."
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James Marsters
"My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever."
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"I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career."
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George Takei
"I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career."
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"A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week."
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Adam Baldwin
"A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week."
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"Growing up I didn't watch movies."
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Denzel Washington
"Growing up I didn't watch movies."
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"Actors really should be tramps."
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Martin Milner
"Actors really should be tramps."
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"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."
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Larry David
"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."
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"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."
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Sidney Poitier
"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."
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"Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them."
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Macaulay Culkin
"Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them."
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"Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done."
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Patrick Warburton
"Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done."
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"I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron."
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Joe Pantoliano
"I've been saying in the press that being a NY Post investigator reporter is an oxymoron."
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"Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic."
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Michael Berryman
"Imitation is flattery, and The Hills Have Eyes is a classic."
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"I have a fear of being boring."
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Christian Bale
"I have a fear of being boring."
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"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"
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Derek Luke
"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"
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"I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances."
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Leonardo DiCaprio
"I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances."
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"Valentino was apparently gay or bisexual. And his two lesbian wives. But without any question, he had sex with men. From choice. So he was one or the other."
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Cesar Romero
"Valentino was apparently gay or bisexual. And his two lesbian wives. But without any question, he had sex with men. From choice. So he was one or the other."
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"Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, This I will do and this I won't. For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why."
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Sheryl Lee
"Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, This I will do and this I won't. For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why."
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"It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone."
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Anthony Hopkins
"It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone."
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"I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain."
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Bill Nighy
"I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain."
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"The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories."
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Jeremy Northam
"The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories."
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"Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream."
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Billy Bob Thornton
"Acting is playing - it's actually going out on a playground with the other kids and being in the game, and I need that. Writing satisfies that part of myself that longs to sit in my room and dream."
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"I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people."
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Kevin Costner
"I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people."
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"You see another side of Draco when he's with his dad. When Draco is with his dad, he doesn't say anything. He keeps his mouth shut. He's sort of bullied by his dad, so he acts very different."
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Tom Felton
"You see another side of Draco when he's with his dad. When Draco is with his dad, he doesn't say anything. He keeps his mouth shut. He's sort of bullied by his dad, so he acts very different."
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"I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction."
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Aaron Eckhart
"I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction."
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"People are smarter than you might think."
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John Astin
"People are smarter than you might think."
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"I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films."
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Jeremy Brett
"I mean, money people are usually quite brisk, but mine aren't, and they keep on giving me spaces so that I've been able to go on and do plays and films."
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"In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene."
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Steve Buscemi
"In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene."
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"Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it."
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Vin Diesel
"Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it."
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"I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public."
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Christopher Parker
"I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public."
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"I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
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Michael Caine
"I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
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