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"We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away."
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Kevin Costner
"We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away."
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"It's an important fact of life, war."
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Jeff Goldblum
"It's an important fact of life, war."
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"I would never know how to sell myself as a sex symbol. That's not how I'm programmed."
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Jude Law
"I would never know how to sell myself as a sex symbol. That's not how I'm programmed."
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"We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater!"
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William Petersen
"We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater!"
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"The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight."
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Paul Guilfoyle
"The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight."
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"Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died."
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Peter Ustinov
"Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died."
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"It's not highly intellectual material. I'm dedicating it to the pulp fiction of the past."
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Bruce Boxleitner
"It's not highly intellectual material. I'm dedicating it to the pulp fiction of the past."
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"My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience."
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Dennis Quaid
"My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience."
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"One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea."
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John C. Reilly
"One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea."
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"I think that being a conscious parent opens your eyes to the fact that any adult relationships that you have, whenever children are present on a daily basis, that they're modeling how they get along with people by what they see how you get along."
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Peter Krause
"I think that being a conscious parent opens your eyes to the fact that any adult relationships that you have, whenever children are present on a daily basis, that they're modeling how they get along with people by what they see how you get along."
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"Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage."
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Jude Law
"Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage."
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"But a year before that, I was starting to drink beer on the set of the film Lucas (1986)."
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Corey Haim
"But a year before that, I was starting to drink beer on the set of the film Lucas (1986)."
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"But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie."
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Eli Wallach
"But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie."
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"I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff."
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Jason Schwartzman
"I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff."
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"Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women."
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Carroll O'Connor
"Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women."
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"Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip."
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Tom Berenger
"Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip."
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"I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it."
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Gene Wilder
"I don't mean to sound - I don't want it to come out funny, but I don't like show business. I love - I love acting in films. I love it."
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"Love is based on imagination."
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Olivier Martinez
"Love is based on imagination."
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"All you owe the public is a good performance."
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Humphrey Bogart
"All you owe the public is a good performance."
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"I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to get rid of it all. Not that it's not great art, but all of a sudden my mood has changed, and I want to go back to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century masters."
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Sylvester Stallone
"I was very much into buying contemporary art, but I've just decided I want to get rid of it all. Not that it's not great art, but all of a sudden my mood has changed, and I want to go back to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century masters."
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"More of him came from my step-dad, who is now passed away. The initial creators of the show kind of based the character on their dads and then I added my dad."
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Kurtwood Smith
"More of him came from my step-dad, who is now passed away. The initial creators of the show kind of based the character on their dads and then I added my dad."
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"There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers."
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Tim Robbins
"There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers."
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"If they're traveling at the speed of light, their month is perhaps the equivalent of twenty of our years. So they're just buzzing around having a good old time, continuously looking."
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Dwight Schultz
"If they're traveling at the speed of light, their month is perhaps the equivalent of twenty of our years. So they're just buzzing around having a good old time, continuously looking."
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"Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding."
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Leonardo DiCaprio
"Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding."
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"Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music."
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Marcel Marceau
"Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music."
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"I have never stopped playing music."
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Jason Schwartzman
"I have never stopped playing music."
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"Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art."
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Sylvester Stallone
"Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art."
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"My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go."
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Leonardo DiCaprio
"My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go."
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"I had to weave and play around with a honey bear, you know, and I could wrestle with him a little bit, but there's no way you can even wrestle a honey bear, let alone a grizzly bear that's standing ten feet to eleven feet tall! Can you imagine? But it was fascinating to work that close to that kind of animal."
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Leslie Nielsen
"I had to weave and play around with a honey bear, you know, and I could wrestle with him a little bit, but there's no way you can even wrestle a honey bear, let alone a grizzly bear that's standing ten feet to eleven feet tall! Can you imagine? But it was fascinating to work that close to that kind of animal."
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"Well, I want to do The Music Man. I think it's an amazing opportunity, but I think that they are probably looking at major movie stars right now, and I don't blame them."
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Gregory Harrison
"Well, I want to do The Music Man. I think it's an amazing opportunity, but I think that they are probably looking at major movie stars right now, and I don't blame them."
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"It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist."
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Tom Wopat
"It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist."
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"You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day."
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Parker Stevenson
"You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day."
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"Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany."
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Martin Landau
"Bad guys don't think they're bad guys. Hitler probably thought he was a wonderful guy doing some wonderful and righteous work for Germany."
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"My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh."
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Dominic Monaghan
"My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh."
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"Right now, I'm worth a million dollars, and I owe Uncle Sam a million-and-a-half dollars, and I made a deal with him. I said, 'Uncle Sam, I'm going to pay you 25 grand a month.'"
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Robert Blake
"Right now, I'm worth a million dollars, and I owe Uncle Sam a million-and-a-half dollars, and I made a deal with him. I said, 'Uncle Sam, I'm going to pay you 25 grand a month.'"
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"I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting."
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Pierce Brosnan
"I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting."
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"The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants."
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Johnny Depp
"The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants."
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"Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch."
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Jason Patric
"Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch."
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"I live a pretty simple life."
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Tom Selleck
"I live a pretty simple life."
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"One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention."
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Brandon Routh
"One of the most amazing things I got from the film, so much green screen, there are so many moments and it really taught me about how important it is to have an intention when flying, when going somewhere and having an intention."
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"I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character."
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Dennis Farina
"I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character."
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"You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid out for them."
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Joseph Bologna
"You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid out for them."
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"I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast."
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Ivan Reitman
"I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast."
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"My ambition is peace and perfection."
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DeForest Kelley
"My ambition is peace and perfection."
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"Elves are cool, man."
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Orlando Bloom
"Elves are cool, man."
Man,
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"The greatest thing about where my life is right now is it's very relaxed and chill. I'm just hanging out, being myself and doing my work."
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Lucas Grabeel
"The greatest thing about where my life is right now is it's very relaxed and chill. I'm just hanging out, being myself and doing my work."
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"The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it."
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Cillian Murphy
"The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it."
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"I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop."
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Shane West
"I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop."
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"But I love to be outdoors. I prefer being outdoors to, you know, being inside."
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Keith Carradine
"But I love to be outdoors. I prefer being outdoors to, you know, being inside."
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"I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium."
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Zach Braff
"I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium."
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