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"I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now."
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Larry Hagman
"I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now."
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"What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
"What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know."
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"I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself."
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Fred Savage
"I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself."
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"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition."
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Alan Alda
"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition."
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"I've grown this mustache which saves me from having to glue on one every day in the heat."
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Keith Carradine
"I've grown this mustache which saves me from having to glue on one every day in the heat."
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"Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there."
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Chris Hemsworth
"Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there."
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"Old School has humongous laughs all the way through it."
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Thomas Lennon
"Old School has humongous laughs all the way through it."
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"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."
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Brendan Fraser
"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."
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"Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers."
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Jamie Farr
"Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers."
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"I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."
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Clint Eastwood
"I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."
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"You must lose everything in order to gain anything."
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Brad Pitt
"You must lose everything in order to gain anything."
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"Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on."
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Robert Redford
"Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on."
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"So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?"
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James Woods
"So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?"
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"I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps."
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Dirk Bogarde
"I don't lose my temper often; about once every twenty years perhaps."
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"Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip."
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Russell Crowe
"Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip."
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"We English have sex on the brain. Not the best place for it, actually."
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Laurence Harvey
"We English have sex on the brain. Not the best place for it, actually."
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"There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep."
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Kevin Bacon
"There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep."
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"Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration."
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Joe Pantoliano
"Who owns the NY Post? 20th Century Fox. Talk about vertical integration."
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"The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots."
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Sean Connery
"The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots."
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"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons."
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Wentworth Miller
"I'm kind of a dork. I don't have much game. I'm not particularly comfortable in bars or clubs. I much prefer being home playing Scrabble, having dinner with a couple friends, going to see a movie, or losing a whole weekend to Season 14 of Law and Order or The Simpsons."
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"I have a kind of objective luxury about my career."
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Martin Short
"I have a kind of objective luxury about my career."
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"To the world, you are America."
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Charlton Heston
"To the world, you are America."
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"As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others "you failed," you didn't fail."
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Al Lewis
"As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others "you failed," you didn't fail."
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"I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my way that I fancy."
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Terence Stamp
"I have to be stretched in some way. There's not enough things that come my way that I fancy."
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"When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there would have been nothing better than to spend a week with Dean Martin if I could have."
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Joe Mantegna
"When I played Dean Martin, he was dead when we made the movie but there would have been nothing better than to spend a week with Dean Martin if I could have."
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"I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job."
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Devon Sawa
"I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job."
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"Even though the museums guarding their precious property fence everything off, in my own studio, I made them so you and I could walk in and around, and among these sculptures."
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George Segal
"Even though the museums guarding their precious property fence everything off, in my own studio, I made them so you and I could walk in and around, and among these sculptures."
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"Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls."
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Max Beerbohm
"Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls."
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"My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job."
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Beau Bridges
"My mom is many times responsible for getting us all together, but we trade off at each other's houses. My brother and I are actors and are traveling a lot of our job."
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"I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal."
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Olivier Martinez
"I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal."
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"Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic."
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Kevin Bacon
"Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic."
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"About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load."
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Alan Thicke
"About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load."
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"George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?"
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Brendan Fraser
"George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?"
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"So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing."
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Gregory Harrison
"So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing."
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"An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman."
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Richard Burton
"An actor is something less than a man, while an actress is something more than a woman."
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"I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."
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Christopher Walken
"I remember that. I was talking to him and I said how great it would be if actors had a tail because I have animals and a tail is so expressive. On a cat you can tell everything. You can tell if they're annoyed. You can tell whether they're scared."
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"My passion and energy get mistaken for anger."
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Gary Oldman
"My passion and energy get mistaken for anger."
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"Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do."
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Eli Wallach
"Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do."
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"My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff."
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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff."
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"Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile."
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Sean Connery
"Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile."
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"I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all."
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Steve Burton
"I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all."
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"I gave up shame a long time ago."
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John Lithgow
"I gave up shame a long time ago."
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"Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'."
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Bill Bixby
"Viewers can't expect TV to keep developing unless they make their wants known. And let's face it. The best way to make your wants known in this world is by 'beefing'."
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"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."
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Gary Oldman
"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."
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"It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us."
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Karl Urban
"It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us."
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"There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful."
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Michael Caine
"There's quite a lot of bad stuff written about me. My wife even says a lot of bad stuff about me. But she is wonderful."
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"When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid."
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James Franco
"When I research a role it does get a little crazy and maybe even a little stupid."
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"There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very well, carp anglers, about the general environment."
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Tom Felton
"There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very well, carp anglers, about the general environment."
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"Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!"
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Dirk Benedict
"Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!"
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"I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic."
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Jim Varney
"I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic."
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