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Quotes by Actor

"If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball."
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Jack Lemmon
"If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball."
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"I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues."
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Ryan Phillippe
"I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues."
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"Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy."
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Adam Sandler
"Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy."
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"About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation."
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Will Rogers
"About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation."
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"I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport."
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Harold Ramis
"I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport."
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"Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am."
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Nicholas Lea
"Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am."
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"An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come and do this,' That's the hard part."
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John Glover
"An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come and do this,' That's the hard part."
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"The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you."
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Gabriel Byrne
"The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you."
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"The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they?"
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Kyle MacLachlan
"The film world is a crazy place to be. You sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring. Are people talking about you or aren't they?"
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"I don't like silk underwear. They don't do the job, you know?"
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Matt LeBlanc
"I don't like silk underwear. They don't do the job, you know?"
Job,
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"When we were filming, I thought that I was Peter Pan, you know? I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world."
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Jeremy Sumpter
"When we were filming, I thought that I was Peter Pan, you know? I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world."
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"What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor."
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Conrad Veidt
"What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor."
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"We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me."
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Matthew Modine
"We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me."
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"Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general."
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Theodore Bikel
"Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general."
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"I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other."
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Billy Bob Thornton
"I believe in running through the rain and crashing into the person you love and having your lips bleed on each other."
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"The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward."
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John Turturro
"The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward."
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"As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything."
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Boris Kodjoe
"As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything."
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"My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled."
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Tom Berenger
"My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled."
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"Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made."
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Alan Rickman
"Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made."
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"Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving."
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John Lithgow
"Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving."
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"I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect."
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Harold Ramis
"I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect."
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"I'm a charming coward; I fight with words."
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Carl Reiner
"I'm a charming coward; I fight with words."
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"Basically that was the moment when I thought I'd like to do this forever. I never changed my mind."
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Treat Williams
"Basically that was the moment when I thought I'd like to do this forever. I never changed my mind."
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"I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things."
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Roger Moore
"I speak relatively little, except when I'm at home and I'm asking for things."
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"It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging."
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Richard O'Brien
"It is difficult to go on the next night after you receive a sandbagging."
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"Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because I'm ready to quit after number two."
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Richard Widmark
"Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because I'm ready to quit after number two."
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"You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope."
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Hal Holbrook
"You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope."
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"I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned."
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David Ogden Stiers
"I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned."
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"I'll continue to work to ensure that safety and I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the men and women who provide public safety in our city."
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Alan Autry
"I'll continue to work to ensure that safety and I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the men and women who provide public safety in our city."
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"For example, the first time McDonald's put a deaf person in a commercial they saw a jump in sales. I think that happens with other kinds of disabilities and products and that is something that is being realized more and more."
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Richard Masur
"For example, the first time McDonald's put a deaf person in a commercial they saw a jump in sales. I think that happens with other kinds of disabilities and products and that is something that is being realized more and more."
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"I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting."
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Wayne Rogers
"I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting."
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"If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar."
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Billy Crudup
"If I had done 'Titanic,' it would have made, probably, $200,000 - worldwide. So I think my life would have been very, very similar."
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"I still believe that the mission of Business 2.0 is very strong, very fundamental, and we're really at the beginning of where they're going to take us."
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James Daly
"I still believe that the mission of Business 2.0 is very strong, very fundamental, and we're really at the beginning of where they're going to take us."
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"It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good."
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Keith David
"It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good."
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"Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience."
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Corin Nemec
"Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience."
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"The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional, so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family."
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Mark Goddard
"The only person who had any control was Jonathan Harris. His character was so flamboyant that he was able to make things happen. My character was fairly one-dimensional, so I had my relationship with Dr. Smith and with the family."
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"I've got a tough act to follow."
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Scott Caan
"I've got a tough act to follow."
Act,
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"All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too."
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Brendan Fraser
"All you have to do is just believe in what's there; then, the audience will, too."
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"One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well."
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Kevin Costner
"One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well."
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"De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself."
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Christopher Meloni
"De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself."
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"I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor."
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John Malkovich
"I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor."
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"If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that."
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Dwayne Johnson
"If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you've got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that."
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"As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I ever could, but I certainly had the ability to pass unnoticed."
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Terence Stamp
"As a boy I believed I could make myself invisible. I'm not sure that I ever could, but I certainly had the ability to pass unnoticed."
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"In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand."
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Kenneth Branagh
"In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand."
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"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."
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Michael Pitt
"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."
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"I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture."
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Danny Bonaduce
"I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture."
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"I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me."
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Harry Dean Stanton
"I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me."
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"I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes."
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Mel Gibson
"I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes."
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"The last few years have been pretty hectic."
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Frank Langella
"The last few years have been pretty hectic."
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"I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything."
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Gil Gerard
"I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything."
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