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"I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now."

"I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Life, Music, Time, Now

48

"I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid."

"I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

48

"In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system."

"In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third act, there's a generic language that comes out of the more commercial system."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

Act, Film, First, Language

48

"I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw."

"I've been so good in so many movies that nobody saw."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

48

"Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it."

"Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it."

Ian Mckellen, English Actor

Life, Play, World

48

"Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list."

"Our profession is very much like going to a cocktail party, you check out the guest list."

Robert Stack, American Actor

Guest, Party, Profession

48

"Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little things and found I really liked it."

"Basically, right before college I got into the Guinness book for my feet and started to do local commercials and little radio spots, just little things and found I really liked it."

Matthew McGrory, American Actor

College, Feet, Right

48

"Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder."

"Fifteen years before I became a screen actor, I was in the theatre. A lot of my work was comedy, which I loved doing. It's harder."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

Work, Comedy, Theatre

48

"Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation."

"Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

Time, Being, Burden, Film

48

"For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated."

"For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated."

Ron Silver, American Actor

Career, First, Years

48

"I go to St. Matthews in Pacific Palisades, an Episcopal Church."

"I go to St. Matthews in Pacific Palisades, an Episcopal Church."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

48

"But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me."

"But if you don't watch me, I will try and sneak in some humor. I see humor everywhere in life around me."

Marion Ross, American Actor

Humor, Life, Will

48

"I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing."

"I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

Balance, Nothing

48

"Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven."

"Gay men in L.A. are all a bunch of tens looking for an eleven."

Zach Braff, American Actor

48

"Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads."

"Well, for Blow I had to age from 20 to 60, starting out in shape and then later putting on fat pads."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

48

"If you're put on a set with a lot of people, it's just nice to see everyone working together."

"If you're put on a set with a lot of people, it's just nice to see everyone working together."

Tom Felton, English Actor

48

"And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people and doing the same thing as 600 other people, looking back, I always found ways to make myself different, whether it be having a red lining inside of my jacket, having red shoes, it hasn't changed."

"And whenever I'm in a situation where I'm wearing the same as 600 other people and doing the same thing as 600 other people, looking back, I always found ways to make myself different, whether it be having a red lining inside of my jacket, having red shoes, it hasn't changed."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

48

"I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in ."

"I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in ."

David Niven, English Actor

Life, Purpose, World

48

"There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally."

"There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally."

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

48

"Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford."

"Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford."

Jamie Farr, American Actor

48

"We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it."

"We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

48

"A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one."

"A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

48

"I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed."

"I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed."

Rick Schroder, American Actor

Life, Movies, Fight, Succeed

48

"I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children."

"I went to Brooklyn College and met this beautiful Jewish girl named Merle, with dark hair, exotic looking and brilliant. So we got married and had three children."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

Children, College, Hair

48

"I still collect comics. I still have a great love and respect for the genre."

"I still collect comics. I still have a great love and respect for the genre."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

48

"But Gargoyles, bar none, is the most fun I've ever had in life."

"But Gargoyles, bar none, is the most fun I've ever had in life."

Keith David, American Actor

48

"Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love."

"Actors fall into this trap if they missed being loved for who they really were and not for what they could do - sing, dance, joke about - then they take that as love."

Gene Wilder, American Actor

Love, Dance, Actors, Being

48

"I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it."

"I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it."

Gabriel Byrne, Irish Actor

Life, Kids, Play, Theater

48

"Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two."

"Like, they know that I have a habit of rubbing my earlobes, I've been doing it since I was two."

Balthazar Getty, American Actor

48

"And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me."

"And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me."

Larry David, American Actor

48

"I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived."

"I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived."

Will Smith, American Actor

People, Reason, Want

48

"It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon."

"It is youth that has discovered love as a weapon."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

48

"I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest."

"I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

Fishing, Hunting, Rest

48

"I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit."

"I became producer so that I could work with persons like him and to rock the world of Hong Kong Cinema a bit."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

Work, Cinema, World

48

"Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage."

"Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage."

Gary Cole, American Actor

48

"I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series."

"I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

48

"Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good."

"Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good."

James Woods, American Actor

Hollywood, Liberal, Voice, Want

48

"I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions."

"I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions."

James D'arcy, British Actor

History, Emotions, Irish, Now

48

"Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'."

"Then they started pulling me in and I was very resistant. All the other actors would be saying write more, more dialogue for me, and I'd always be saying 'No, less, less'."

Peter Berg, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Saying

48

"The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand."

"The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand."

Laurence Olivier, English Actor

Actor, Universe

48

"My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre."

"My family were broadminded enough to support me when I wanted to pursue a life in the theatre."

Peter Gallagher, American Actor

Family, Life, Support, Theatre

48

"There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well."

"There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well."

Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor

Benefit, Benefits, Danger

48

"And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date."

"And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date."

Charlton Heston, American Actor

Artist, Artists, Vote, Worth

48

"Celebrity hits like a bomb."

"Celebrity hits like a bomb."

Jimmy Smits, American Actor

48

"I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do."

"I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do."

Bill Mumy, American Actor

Music, Work, Entertainment, Favorite

48

"I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again."

"I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again."

Greg Kinnear, American Actor

Business, People, Years

48

"I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do."

"I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

48

"I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it."

"I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Care, Detail, Film, Passion

48

"It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that."

"It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Life, End, Learning, Living

48

"The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room."

"The best theatre I've done, I've done right here in this living room."

Jonathan Frid, Canadian Actor

Living, Right, Theatre

48

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