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"I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can."

"I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

44

"There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat."

"There's show and there's business. Business is a whole other beat."

Omar Epps, American Actor

44

"I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World."

"I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

People, America, Information, World

44

"When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show."

"When I did Comic Relief, I did it to be on the show; it's a badge of honor as a comedian to do that show."

Drew Carey, American Actor

44

"My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts."

"My manager and my agents, they go over my contracts."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

Management, Manager

44

"School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn."

"School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Focus, School, Want

44

"Only fools are positive."

"Only fools are positive."

Moe Howard, American Actor

Positive, Fools

44

"I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest."

"I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest."

Peter Jurasik, American Actor

44

"I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50."

"I'd love to be a pop idol. Of course, my groupies are now between 40 and 50."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

44

"It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work."

"It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work."

James D'arcy, British Actor

Home, Work, Day, Evening

44

"I came to New York late; I was already past 30."

"I came to New York late; I was already past 30."

Jeffrey Tambor, American Actor

44

"I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion."

"I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

Business, People, Fame, Famous

44

"I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too."

"I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too."

James Dean, American Actor

Work, Fault, Kids, Parents

44

"My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily."

"My web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily."

David Hasselhoff, American Actor

44

"That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many times have you heard Howard Cunningham talking to Marian about shopping? Too many."

"That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many times have you heard Howard Cunningham talking to Marian about shopping? Too many."

Henry Winkler, American Actor

Men, Women, Children, Talking

44

"People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did."

"People have to do things in their own time, and that's what I did."

Nathan Lane, American Actor

44

"Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality."

"Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

44

"All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns."

"All kinds of celebrities, political ones as well, are increasingly being targeted. In this country, with all the countless guns."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

44

"So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense."

"So the mask was just really easy, I've got to be honest. And it was great actually because it really allowed you to get into the character a little bit more maybe than without it, if that makes sense."

Julian McMahon, Australian Actor

Character, Sense

44

"At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible."

"At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible."

Mark Harmon, American Actor

44

"I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage."

"I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage."

Maximilian Schell, Swiss Actor

44

"As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government."

"As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Government, Artist, Interest

44

"Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show."

"Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Family, Girlfriend, Night, Pressure

44

"The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it."

"The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it up against you, so you're going for a job and you don't get it."

Patrick Macnee, British Actor

People, Danger, Job, Years

44

"I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some people want to go home, turn on the TV and be able to iron their clothes or grab a sandwich. Come out and catch a joke and not have to follow the story."

"I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some people want to go home, turn on the TV and be able to iron their clothes or grab a sandwich. Come out and catch a joke and not have to follow the story."

Peter Krause, American Actor

Home, People, Children, Clothes

44

"I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it's interesting."

"I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it's interesting."

Bradley Whitford, American Actor

Control, Frustration, Moments

44

"I'm very 'spur of the moment'. I'm always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory."

"I'm very 'spur of the moment'. I'm always trying to think of fun things to do to create a memory."

Josh Hartnett, American Actor

Fun, Memory, Trying

44

"The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason. Things went very quiet for a time and then a few months later we were called back and told that it was going to be a full season."

"The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason. Things went very quiet for a time and then a few months later we were called back and told that it was going to be a full season."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

Time, Months, Quiet, Reason

44

"It's a living, breathing thing, acting."

"It's a living, breathing thing, acting."

Frank Langella, American Actor

44

"When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script."

"When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Trouble, Robert Downey, Jr.

44

"You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way."

"You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way."

Martin Landau, American Actor

44

"These are extremely talented actors who are all putting their talents into the Lost in Space movie."

"These are extremely talented actors who are all putting their talents into the Lost in Space movie."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Space

44

"I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time."

"I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time."

Christian Slater, American Actor

44

"In fact, it used to be a joke if you studied at a University."

"In fact, it used to be a joke if you studied at a University."

Tony Randall, American Actor

Fact, University

44

"I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra."

"I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

44

"Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it."

"Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it."

Omar Epps, American Actor

Art, Results, Will, Worry

44

"It's like Scott Wolf, I never thought he looked like Tom Cruise until somebody said it and now that they've said it, I see it every time I look at him!"

"It's like Scott Wolf, I never thought he looked like Tom Cruise until somebody said it and now that they've said it, I see it every time I look at him!"

Jeremy London, American Actor

Time, Thought, Now

44

"To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves."

"To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves."

James Dean, American Actor

44

"But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist."

"But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Artist, Culture

44

"As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now."

"As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

44

"I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous."

"I like that kind of 'straight-faced' comedy. I like to be straight-faced and outrageous."

Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

44

"The fact that maybe I had some success playing G'Kar doesn't guarantee me three years later that I can still do it, so I have to keep my senses alive and still be working on it."

"The fact that maybe I had some success playing G'Kar doesn't guarantee me three years later that I can still do it, so I have to keep my senses alive and still be working on it."

Andreas Katsulas, American Actor

Success, Fact, Senses, Years

44

"I'd like to do a romantic comedy."

"I'd like to do a romantic comedy."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Comedy, Romantic

44

"I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything."

"I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything."

Richard Briers, English Actor

People, Acting, Nothing, Talk

44

"I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil."

"I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

Movies, Morality, Action, Evil

44

"I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars."

"I want to make someone walk straight, but I've left my sons nothing but wars."

Broderick Crawford, American Actor

Nothing, Sons, Want

44

"Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do."

"Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do."

Jeremy London, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Friends

44

"We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people."

"We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

People, Character, Citizenship, Confidence

44

"I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty."

"I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty."

Frank Langella, American Actor

44

"The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom."

"The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

Idea, Freedom, Language

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