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"I'm probably one of the worst people with numbers you've ever met. My brothers always kid that they think I'm counting cards in Vegas, but I'm just trying to add things up."
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Luke Wilson
"I'm probably one of the worst people with numbers you've ever met. My brothers always kid that they think I'm counting cards in Vegas, but I'm just trying to add things up."
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"The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows."
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William H. Macy
"The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows."
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"We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things."
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David Walliams
"We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things."
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"If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed."
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Barry Pepper
"If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed."
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"Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible."
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William Devane
"Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible."
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"When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed."
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
"When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed."
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"I'm constantly watching people. Watching their strengths and weaknesses. I find myself going into theater less and less, let alone horror. I gave that up when I was seven or eight years old."
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Jonathan Frid
"I'm constantly watching people. Watching their strengths and weaknesses. I find myself going into theater less and less, let alone horror. I gave that up when I was seven or eight years old."
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"I'm doing another Churchill. I did a Churchill for HBO and that was up to 1939 and there's talk of the war years. They were going to do it this fall, but the script wasn't going to be ready."
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Albert Finney
"I'm doing another Churchill. I did a Churchill for HBO and that was up to 1939 and there's talk of the war years. They were going to do it this fall, but the script wasn't going to be ready."
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"One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America."
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Jeff Bridges
"One of the things I want to do that's outside the realm of acting and the arts - although both have their place in this - is ending childhood hunger here in America."
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"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."
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Sidney Poitier
"To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed."
Bed,
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"Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me."
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Antonio Banderas
"Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me."
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"When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur."
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Will Rogers
"When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur."
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"Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen."
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Shawn Wayans
"Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen."
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"I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar."
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Klaus Kinski
"I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar."
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"At the end of the movie all of us have this shared redemption."
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Jeff Goldblum
"At the end of the movie all of us have this shared redemption."
End,
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"I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible."
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Skeet Ulrich
"I think people could justify labeling me if they saw a pattern in what I do, but right now that's impossible."
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"People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on."
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Gil Gerard
"People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on."
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"Well I'm not much of a singer. But it's been a really nice time to do film, television, theater and have it all happening at once. That wasn't planned but it just happens."
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Peter Krause
"Well I'm not much of a singer. But it's been a really nice time to do film, television, theater and have it all happening at once. That wasn't planned but it just happens."
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"When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life."
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Sylvester Stallone
"When you're on top and you lead the parade, everyone's there throwing lilies and lilac water on your head. But when those parades have gone by and there's a storm in your heart, there are very few people that are going to sit there and listen to you bemoan life."
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"I'm trying to go through the whole process of high school to college to work."
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Devon Sawa
"I'm trying to go through the whole process of high school to college to work."
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"We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil."
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Ted Danson
"We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil."
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"When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out."
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Charles Dance
"When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out."
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"I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life."
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Andy Garcia
"I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life."
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"A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene."
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Terence Stamp
"A lot of young directors, they're not confident; they're not open to the emotional level of the scene."
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"I don't care if you are religious or not and I think the message is that at the end of the day, everybody has to mature and everybody has to heal and mend their own injuries, emotional injuries, on their own pace."
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Boris Kodjoe
"I don't care if you are religious or not and I think the message is that at the end of the day, everybody has to mature and everybody has to heal and mend their own injuries, emotional injuries, on their own pace."
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"Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium."
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James Denton
"Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium."
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"I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
"I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers."
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"To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams."
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Rick Yune
"To be here today is just beyond my wildest dreams."
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"When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it."
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Daniel Day Lewis
"When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a complete delusion, but it's the one that I need to get out of bed and go about my business. That sense that I can't avoid this thing. I better just get on with it."
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"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
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Christopher Reeve
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
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"As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail."
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John Cassavetes
"As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail."
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"I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood."
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William Shatner
"I've got rock 'n' roll in my blood."
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"I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past."
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Daniel Day Lewis
"I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past."
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"Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, George and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base."
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Martin Milner
"Having covered some half a hundred cities, towns, villages, and wide spots in the road during the last tow years, George and I fairly wallowed in the comfort of our own home base."
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"There was only so much television you could do."
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Jackie Cooper
"There was only so much television you could do."
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"The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are."
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Christopher Eccleston
"The film is about Joe discovering who his mother and father are and his relationship with them, and the identity crisis he goes through once he finds out who his parents are."
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"Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure."
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George Kennedy
"Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure."
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"When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else."
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Neil Patrick Harris
"When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else."
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"I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do."
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Ryan Phillippe
"I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do."
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"When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'"
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Javier Bardem
"When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'"
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"I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?"
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Al Lewis
"I'm more important to me than any body you can mention. Do you know that?"
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"My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre."
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Steve Buscemi
"My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre."
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"I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready."
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Jason Statham
"I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready."
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"They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting."
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Cyril Cusack
"They say 6 million people see you when you act in a film; it may only be 600 in a play. But the effect on the 600 may be truer and more lasting."
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"People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense."
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Jeremy Northam
"People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense."
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"I just thought it could make a really cool movie. It's not that it's just a buddy comedy but it's all about two guys hating each other and towards the end they're good friends. I liked that these two guys were best friends from the very beginning, and they're crazy."
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Sean William Scott
"I just thought it could make a really cool movie. It's not that it's just a buddy comedy but it's all about two guys hating each other and towards the end they're good friends. I liked that these two guys were best friends from the very beginning, and they're crazy."
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"There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged."
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Sean Penn
"There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged."
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"You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change."
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John Cleese
"You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change."
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"Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out."
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Robbie Coltrane
"Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out."
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"Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?"
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Kevin Spacey
"Am I now supposed to go on Oprah and cry and tell you my deepest, darkest secrets because you want to know?"
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