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"I got through college realizing business was repugnant."

"I got through college realizing business was repugnant."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

Business, College

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"All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice."

"All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Power, Strength, Arrogance, Choice

47

"And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years."

"And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years."

Mark Strong, English Actor

Children, Land, Years

47

"I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage."

"I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

47

"My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad."

"My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Family, Thought, Acting

47

"I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer."

"I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer."

Jamie Farr, American Actor

47

"Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating."

"Dreaming is one thing, and working towards the dream is one thing, but working with expectations in mind is very self-defeating."

Michael Landon, American Actor

Dream, Expectations, Mind, Self

47

"I like to give my actors a lot of room."

"I like to give my actors a lot of room."

Nick Cassavetes, American Actor

47

"All in the Family was intellectual; it was art."

"All in the Family was intellectual; it was art."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

47

"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

David Naughton, American Actor

47

"My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do."

"My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do."

John Astin, American Actor

Work, Dreams, People, Ideas

47

"Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it."

"Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Being, Hollywood

47

"Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don't want to be old. I've always felt so young. And I want to stay that way."

"Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don't want to be old. I've always felt so young. And I want to stay that way."

David Niven, English Actor

Age, Day, Old, Want

47

"I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them."

"I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them."

Tony Danza, American Actor

Love, Time, People, Will

47

"We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery."

"We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Happiness, Help, Misery, Want

47

"I am a really big Harry Potter fan and I've seen all the sets, I've lived Harry Potter and I don't think it's destroyed the books at all, I think it's really spot on."

"I am a really big Harry Potter fan and I've seen all the sets, I've lived Harry Potter and I don't think it's destroyed the books at all, I think it's really spot on."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

47

"I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger."

"I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger."

Alan Alda, American Actor

47

"But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience."

"But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience."

Michael Shanks, Canadian Actor

Experience, Possibilities

47

"Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far."

"Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Act, Chance, Theater, Will

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"I die in almost every film I've been in."

"I die in almost every film I've been in."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

47

"Actually, I look the same in real life as I do in the movies."

"Actually, I look the same in real life as I do in the movies."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

47

"Is now the time to legalize prostitution?"

"Is now the time to legalize prostitution?"

Harry Anderson, American Actor

Time, Now, Prostitution

47

"What other people think about me is not my business."

"What other people think about me is not my business."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

Business, People

47

"I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you."

"I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you."

Alan Bates, British Actor

47

"It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3 years obsessing about the video game in exactly the same way that they'd be obsessing about the movie if they were working on that."

"It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3 years obsessing about the video game in exactly the same way that they'd be obsessing about the movie if they were working on that."

John Cleese, English Actor

People, Games, Now, Will

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"It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling."

"It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling."

Will Smith, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling

47

"I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director."

"I don't think anyone can really make up their mind and say, Now I'm going to be a director."

Judd Hirsch, American Actor

47

"I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself."

"I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

47

"The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot."

"The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

People, Night, Theater

47

"Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it."

"Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it."

Laurence Olivier, English Actor

47

"To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life."

"To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life."

Tobey Maguire, American Actor

Life, Idea, Fame, Living

47

"When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really."

"When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance - I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really."

Jude Law, British Actor

Genius, People, Dance, Body

47

"And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns."

"And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns as opposed to cinematic concerns."

Jeffrey Wright, American Actor

Movies, Values, Corporate, Reason

47

"Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge."

"Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge."

William Hurt, American Actor

Knowledge, Courage, Heroes, Libraries

47

"But after this last year and dealing with the studio, the rest of us are closer than we've ever been."

"But after this last year and dealing with the studio, the rest of us are closer than we've ever been."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

47

"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

"I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

Life, Work, Values

47

"I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade."

"I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

47

"At this point we've answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where we do a show of bits and pieces of things from plays and literature, poetry... stuff that we like. It's fun."

"At this point we've answered about every question you could possibly imagine about Deep Space Nine, so we do this thing called Theatrical Jazz, where we do a show of bits and pieces of things from plays and literature, poetry... stuff that we like. It's fun."

Rene Auberjonois, American Actor

Poetry, Deep, Fun, Jazz

47

"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."

"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

47

"Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community."

"Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community."

James Woods, American Actor

People, Community, Deeds, Evil

47

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

"Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

Courage, Mistakes

47

"I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised that it didn't take me until I was 20 to graduate. That's why my role is so cool - Grissom is the complete opposite of me."

"I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised that it didn't take me until I was 20 to graduate. That's why my role is so cool - Grissom is the complete opposite of me."

William Petersen, American Actor

47

"If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay."

"If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Friendship, Friends, Gay, Party, Want

47

"Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand."

"Well, the whole history of Star Trek is the market demand."

George Takei, American Actor

47

"I'd like to read a book sometime. I've never read a book before. That'd be an adventure. I understand they have pages and everything. Yeah, I've got to do that sometime."

"I'd like to read a book sometime. I've never read a book before. That'd be an adventure. I understand they have pages and everything. Yeah, I've got to do that sometime."

Frank Oz, American Actor

47

"You sleep with people all the time that you hate."

"You sleep with people all the time that you hate."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Time, People, Hate, Sleep

47

"If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all."

"If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

47

"Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make."

"Hollywood people are filled with guilt: white guilt, liberal guilt, money guilt. They feel bad that they're so rich, they feel they don't work that much for all that money - and they don't, for the amount of money they make."

Drew Carey, American Actor

Money, Work, People, Guilt

47

"In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls."

"In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls."

Ed O'Neill, American Actor

Beer, Drinking, Girls, Summer

47

"The goal is to have to do the shot again because the camera guy shook a little bit as he was laughing. Without that happening, I'm not happy because there's nothing better for me than a world that everybody's just trying to make each other laugh."

"The goal is to have to do the shot again because the camera guy shook a little bit as he was laughing. Without that happening, I'm not happy because there's nothing better for me than a world that everybody's just trying to make each other laugh."

Matthew Perry, American Actor

Goal, Nothing, Trying, World

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