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"We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock."
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Kevin Costner
"We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock."
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"Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night."
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Dick Van Dyke
"Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night."
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"You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you."
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Harvey Keitel
"You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you."
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"If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game."
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Carl Reiner
"If you can get a laugh out of a name, you're ahead of the game."
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"I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice!"
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John C. McGinley
"I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice!"
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"And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private."
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Kevin Spacey
"And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private."
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"I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent."
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David Prowse
"I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent."
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"People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it."
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Steve Carell
"People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it."
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"Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema."
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Sunny Deol
"Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema."
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"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."
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Jai Rodriguez
"I had said to some pastor that I was having thoughts, and the church turned on me. They went to my mom and said, So sorry about your son."
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"I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them."
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Michael Bergin
"I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them."
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"Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me."
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Jackie Cooper
"Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me."
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"I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama."
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Adam Arkin
"I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama."
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"Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys."
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Max von Sydow
"Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys."
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"In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically."
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Cyril Cusack
"In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically."
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"We don't know what we're writing until it just comes out. We don't sit around crunching numbers."
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Dustin Diamond
"We don't know what we're writing until it just comes out. We don't sit around crunching numbers."
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"I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts."
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Theodore Bikel
"I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts."
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"I remember listening to Cube's music when I was like 14 years old, my friends listening to it up in Toronto."
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Scott Speedman
"I remember listening to Cube's music when I was like 14 years old, my friends listening to it up in Toronto."
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"I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing."
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Ed Harris
"I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing."
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"One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist."
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Hal Holbrook
"One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist."
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"I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it."
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Nicolas Cage
"I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it."
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"I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die."
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William Hurt
"I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die."
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"War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable."
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Dennis Weaver
"War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable."
War,
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"It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand."
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Jason Mewes
"It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand."
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"It's sensational to be a part of a series that takes on a life of its own."
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Robert Wagner
"It's sensational to be a part of a series that takes on a life of its own."
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"I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there."
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Drew Carey
"I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there."
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"Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men."
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Erich von Stroheim
"Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men."
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"So when I was 13, I basically left home and never returned and lived at home again. I would come home for a week at Christmas and two weeks in the summer only."
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Peter Jurasik
"So when I was 13, I basically left home and never returned and lived at home again. I would come home for a week at Christmas and two weeks in the summer only."
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"The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines."
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Christopher Walken
"The best thing for me is, when I'm not working, is to be at home and to have a script or two scripts is better, and to be just walking around the house and just thinking about the lines."
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"I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience."
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Jet Li
"I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience."
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"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."
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Sidney Poitier
"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."
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"I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish."
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Fred Melamed
"I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish."
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"Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do."
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Verne Troyer
"Now I get to pick and choose exactly what I want to do."
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"And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker."
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Olivier Martinez
"And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker."
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"I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory."
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Cesar Romero
"I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory."
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"I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life."
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Tobey Maguire
"I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That's because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life."
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"Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance."
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John Malkovich
"Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance."
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"The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside."
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Tom Felton
"The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside."
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"He felt like the invisible boy. When he got to be part of the mystery Men he felt like he had a purpose."
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Kel Mitchell
"He felt like the invisible boy. When he got to be part of the mystery Men he felt like he had a purpose."
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"There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming."
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Ralph Fiennes
"There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming."
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"Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya."
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Tommy Chong
"Cigarettes, I won't do cigarettes, nicotine will kill ya."
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"The marvelous thing is that for thousands of years people have continued questioning and searching and ultimately concluding that reasons for certain occurrences are not given to man to know."
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Robert Vaughn
"The marvelous thing is that for thousands of years people have continued questioning and searching and ultimately concluding that reasons for certain occurrences are not given to man to know."
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"I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance."
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Richard Dreyfuss
"I really think that living is the process of going from complete certainty to complete ignorance."
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"Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first."
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Ricardo Montalban
"Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first."
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"If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy."
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"If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy."
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"That's why I never took this business too seriously, thinking I was something special, when I knew the truly great performers in motion pictures. pictures."
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Robert Stack
"That's why I never took this business too seriously, thinking I was something special, when I knew the truly great performers in motion pictures. pictures."
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"I play a guy who believes he's a king. He's the most common man in the world; in fact his family, like his suits, are just make-up. It's about dysfunctional people and dysfunctional relationships."
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James Caan
"I play a guy who believes he's a king. He's the most common man in the world; in fact his family, like his suits, are just make-up. It's about dysfunctional people and dysfunctional relationships."
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"I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does."
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Peter Fonda
"I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does."
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"I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors."
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Morgan Freeman
"I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors."
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"Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage."
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Charlie Chaplin
"Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage."
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