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Quotes by Actor

"Why should poetry have to make sense?"
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Charlie Chaplin
"Why should poetry have to make sense?"
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"My career is just kind of crazy."
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David Spade
"My career is just kind of crazy."
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"Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting."
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Jack Bowman
"Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting."
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"Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse."
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Willie Aames
"Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse."
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"The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish."
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Terrence Howard
"The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish."
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"When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work."
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Mandy Patinkin
"When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work."
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"I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war."
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Jack Scalia
"I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war."
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"I pray and try every day to be a better actor."
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Rod Taylor
"I pray and try every day to be a better actor."
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"I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did it because I met Sidney Poitier."
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Richard Widmark
"I was playing this horrible part. I didn't didn't want to play it because the character was an awful racist. But I'm glad I did it because I met Sidney Poitier."
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"In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie."
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Richard Attenborough
"In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie."
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"As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting."
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Jeff Bridges
"As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting."
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"Well I would never say to anybody that Warren Beatty got fired, but uh, I think he and Quentin fell out of love, and I think Warren told Quentin to hire me for the film."
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David Carradine
"Well I would never say to anybody that Warren Beatty got fired, but uh, I think he and Quentin fell out of love, and I think Warren told Quentin to hire me for the film."
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"I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he can't sleep anymore."
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George Eads
"I think my character's getting to the point where he can't even eat spaghetti with red sauce anymore, where he has horrible nightmares, he can't sleep anymore."
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"I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife."
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Tony Curtis
"I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife."
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"I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years."
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William Petersen
"I want to live and work in Chicago for the rest of my life. You know when you were growing up and you wanted to become president? What I want now is to be mayor of this damned town in ten years."
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"What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots."
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Dennis Quaid
"What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots."
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"The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing."
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Ralph Richardson
"The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing."
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"I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher."
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Mark Ruffalo
"I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher."
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"I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling."
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Rod Steiger
"I found out was, by the rhythm of my chewing, how I chewed fast, slow or what have you, I could tell the audience what my character was thinking and feeling."
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"Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it."
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Robbie Coltrane
"Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it."
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"What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better."
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Harvey Keitel
"What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better."
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"I think for something like law or medicine you really have to love it and I didn't love it."
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Matthew McGrory
"I think for something like law or medicine you really have to love it and I didn't love it."
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"You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person."
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Hugh Dancy
"You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person."
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"There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living."
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Martin Sheen
"There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living."
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"There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies."
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Sean Penn
"There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies."
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"I'd be happy to do Star Trek again, if the writing was right."
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Stephen Collins
"I'd be happy to do Star Trek again, if the writing was right."
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"I have horses, I drive a truck, and I wear cowboy boots. First I'm a Texan."
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Henry Thomas
"I have horses, I drive a truck, and I wear cowboy boots. First I'm a Texan."
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"Hollywood could use less instead of more of everything."
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Bruce Davison
"Hollywood could use less instead of more of everything."
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"I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the hand of God. I'm in the next bunch."
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John Forsythe
"I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the hand of God. I'm in the next bunch."
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"I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was."
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John Lithgow
"I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was."
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"Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics."
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Liev Schreiber
"Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics."
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"A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job."
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Jackie Cooper
"A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job."
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"I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it."
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Nick Nolte
"I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it."
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"Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one."
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Bill Murray
"Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one."
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"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it."
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Bruce Lee
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it."
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"I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them."
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Edward James Olmos
"I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them."
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"What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off."
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Frank Langella
"What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off."
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"If I only dated actresses, I'd be a very lonely man."
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Joshua Jackson
"If I only dated actresses, I'd be a very lonely man."
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"I think we all have madness in us, it's just that I've realized mine and found a way to let it out."
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John Glover
"I think we all have madness in us, it's just that I've realized mine and found a way to let it out."
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"It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent."
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Adam Arkin
"It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated well, and they're made to feel valued, they give 110 percent."
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"The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory."
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Nick Mancuso
"The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory."
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"They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph."
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Jackie Cooper
"They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph."
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"A man's true character comes out when he's drunk."
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Charlie Chaplin
"A man's true character comes out when he's drunk."
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"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan
"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."
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"Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined."
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Ed O'Neill
"Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined."
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"I would rather be a security guard than a rock star."
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Bruce McCulloch
"I would rather be a security guard than a rock star."
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"I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word."
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John Hurt
"I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word."
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"I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment."
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Jimmy Smits
"I never thought television would or could be a long-term commitment."
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"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."
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Laurence Olivier
"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."
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"I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV."
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Michael Landon
"I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV."
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