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"I've lived a lot in the last 12 years or however long its been since Boy Meets World. I have a lot more to draw upon in playing Randy than I did playing Frankie. Although, I did have a lot of fun playing that role."

"I've lived a lot in the last 12 years or however long its been since Boy Meets World. I have a lot more to draw upon in playing Randy than I did playing Frankie. Although, I did have a lot of fun playing that role."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

Fun, World, Years

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"I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility."

"I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Success, Successful, Day, Responsibility

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"It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult."

"It was just expected that I would go to college. Both my parents are teachers and they tolerated acting, but I was going to go to a school of quality or bust. Which made my downshifting back to acting afterward a little difficult."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Quality, Acting, College, Parents

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"You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor."

"You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor."

Mark Rylance, English Actor

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"I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough."

"I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

Life, Cooperation, Girls, Kids

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"My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part."

"My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young. I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

Accident, Acting, First, Job

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"People know everything about everybody now."

"People know everything about everybody now."

George Clooney, American Actor

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"I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid."

"I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

Quality, People

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"At one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell - I'd drop a few pounds."

"At one point I had to shove as much food in my body as possible to pack on calories. My trainer wanted me to do six meals a day and not go two hours without eating. If I would cheat on eating one day, I could tell - I'd drop a few pounds."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Food, Body, Day, Eating

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"When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!"

"When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!"

Dennis Weaver, American Actor

Environment, Will

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"You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork."

"You talk to the real cops and they say ninety percent of it is paperwork."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

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"Music I do just for me."

"Music I do just for me."

Jeremy Renner, American Actor

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"If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character."

"If I stunk for some reason, you can always blame it on the character."

Danny Aiello, American Actor

Character, Blame, Reason

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"It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it."

"It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it."

Brandon Thomas, British Actor

Question, Questions

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"'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes."

"'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes."

James McAvoy, Scottish Actor

Movies, American, Favorite, Fire

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"So we see Edward as a young man on the road and he meets a giant and he brings the giant to a circus where he meets a Miss Calloway. He sees the woman of his dreams and I am the only one who knows who she is."

"So we see Edward as a young man on the road and he meets a giant and he brings the giant to a circus where he meets a Miss Calloway. He sees the woman of his dreams and I am the only one who knows who she is."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, Man, Road, Woman

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"All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared."

"All I do, really, is go to work and try to be professional, be on time and be prepared."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

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"Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really."

"Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really."

Tom Baker, British Actor

Actor, Actors, Madness

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"I'm very surprised at that, yes, because there were many chances for it to be in Germany once the syndication market started and it continually just did not happen."

"I'm very surprised at that, yes, because there were many chances for it to be in Germany once the syndication market started and it continually just did not happen."

Werner Klemperer, German Actor

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"I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one."

"I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

Age, Life, Thought

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"Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends."

"Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends."

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Actor

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"When it comes to making love, I may not be the best, but I'm damn gouda."

"When it comes to making love, I may not be the best, but I'm damn gouda."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

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"The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art."

"The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

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"As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm."

"As a child our dreams got scattered all about and all our future prospects got scattered to so many places, and we spend our lives trying to find the little pieces that make up our lives and make up the dreams that we had as a child that got blown away in the windstorm."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, Future, Trying

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"I'm a fan of good horror movies."

"I'm a fan of good horror movies."

Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor

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"But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure."

"But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

Achievement, Failure, Actors

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"I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed."

"I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed."

Gabriel Byrne, Irish Actor

Business, Attention, Being, Public

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"I had beautiful wavy hair and a waxed mustache."

"I had beautiful wavy hair and a waxed mustache."

Curly Howard, American Actor

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"But it is funny, because I saw Unbreakable recently and it's a strange movie, I didn't mind it, and it's got some interesting things going on."

"But it is funny, because I saw Unbreakable recently and it's a strange movie, I didn't mind it, and it's got some interesting things going on."

Alex Winter, American Actor

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"Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy."

"Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy."

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

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"If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side."

"If I see one side of somebody, I want to see the other side."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

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"You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself."

"You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Work, Hard work, Risk, Will

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"Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement."

"Man has always needed to believe in some form of a continuity of achievement."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Achievement, Man

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"Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving."

"Oh, I'm a survivor. My whole life has been surviving."

Eddie Bracken, American Actor

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"I once aged 90 years old in one episode."

"I once aged 90 years old in one episode."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

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"Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them."

"Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them."

James Caan, American Actor

God, Actors, Hurt

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"In comedy, you have to be unafraid to hang from the tree branch naked in the high wind and you have to be absolutely unafraid to look ridiculous and silly."

"In comedy, you have to be unafraid to hang from the tree branch naked in the high wind and you have to be absolutely unafraid to look ridiculous and silly."

Matt LeBlanc, American Actor

Comedy, Silly, Wind

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"It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater."

"It's an immensely competitive business, and I can tell you the older you get, the parts are fewer, and the people who are proven performers are greater."

John Hurt, British Actor

Business, People

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"They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop."

"They realized I was alive again, even though I was playing an old, dying sop."

Christopher Plummer, Canadian Actor

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"I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too."

"I am convinced that your Mayor must take the leadership role in education too."

Alan Autry, American Actor

Education, Leadership

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"She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most."

"She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most."

Andy Garcia, American Actor

Love, State, Want

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"The funny thing is that I had never actually watched TV."

"The funny thing is that I had never actually watched TV."

Dave Willis, American Actor

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"Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running."

"Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

Time, Careers, Running

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"My brother never had me to dinner in his life."

"My brother never had me to dinner in his life."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

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"Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned."

"Well, I think that those of us in public life that are trying to do a good job, and that are faced with this popular new game that the media has of being critical of everything that anybody in public office does probably are thin-skinned."

Bill Scott, American Actor

Life, Being, Job, Media

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"Everybody says, 'You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.' I say, 'Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.'"

"Everybody says, 'You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.' I say, 'Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.'"

Rip Torn, American Actor

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"My least favorite phrase in the English language is "I don't care.""

"My least favorite phrase in the English language is "I don't care.""

James Caan, American Actor

Care, English, Favorite, Language

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"It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I am in England."

"It's such a performance to bring stuff into America. It's a great luxury when I am in England."

Terence Stamp, British Actor

Performance, America, England, Luxury

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"Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years."

"Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years."

Michael Landon, American Actor

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"Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour!"

"Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour!"

Tom Baker, British Actor

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