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"Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself."

"Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself."

John Gielgud, English Actor

Acting, Forget, Glory, Shame

44

"My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me."

"My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Heart, Bed, Body, Cure

44

"I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points."

"I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Character, Care, Interest

44

"Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love."

"Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love."

Chris Noth, American Actor

44

"Brimstone was great. That was another occasion when they called me in to do the pilot and it turned into a regular job, which made me quite happy. It was another really good experience and we were all so surprised when they pulled the plug on it."

"Brimstone was great. That was another occasion when they called me in to do the pilot and it turned into a regular job, which made me quite happy. It was another really good experience and we were all so surprised when they pulled the plug on it."

John Glover, American Actor

Experience, Job

44

"It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project."

"It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project."

Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor

End, Ending, Project

44

"I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead."

"I never get the girl. I wind up with a country instead."

Anthony Quinn, Mexican Actor

44

"It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities."

"It's being in the right place at the right time and taking advantage of your opportunities."

Lee Majors, American Actor

Time, Being, Right

44

"I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family."

"I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Family, Anger, African, Americans

44

"At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again."

"At school there was no acting to be had other than school plays which I did now and again."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

Acting, Now, School

44

"They've discovered that, where all the other galaxies are moving in one direction, ours is going in another. Now, the Big Bang theory says that we're all moving outward."

"They've discovered that, where all the other galaxies are moving in one direction, ours is going in another. Now, the Big Bang theory says that we're all moving outward."

Dwight Schultz, American Actor

Direction, Now, Theory

44

"Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years."

"Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years."

Xander Berkeley, American Actor

44

"My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher."

"My father was my main influence. He was a preacher, but he was also a history and political science teacher, and since he was my hero, I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a teacher."

David Soul, American Actor

History, Science, Father, Footsteps

44

"It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about."

"It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still very positive about."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

People, Positive, Years

44

"When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard."

"When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard."

River Phoenix, American Actor

Power, Control, Kids, Old

44

"Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth."

"Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Cinema, Earth, Fantasy, Film

44

"I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory."

"I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

Time, Thought, Chance, End

44

"As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving."

"As an actor there's no autonomy, unless you're prepared to risk the possibility of starving."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

Possibility, Risk

44

"You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights."

"You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights."

Bob Barker, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Fool, Girls, Television

44

"It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience."

"It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Actor, Actors, Fools

44

"My personal belief is that you carry your own water in a relationship. If you see a girl and you think she's hot, that's a very human reaction, but you don't go and tell your spouse that, you know? So in one way it's how you behave."

"My personal belief is that you carry your own water in a relationship. If you see a girl and you think she's hot, that's a very human reaction, but you don't go and tell your spouse that, you know? So in one way it's how you behave."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

44

"I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history."

"I was worried about being the nut that ruined 40 years of Bond history."

Rick Yune, American Actor

History, Being, Years

44

"I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody."

"I don't like the negative of reality tv - the 'you're no good, so you have to leave, I choose you, but I thought you really loved me.' It's all about how bad people are and I just hate that. I like Pimp my Ride where someone is helping somebody."

Bob Saget, American Actor

Thought, People, Negative, Hate

44

"In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings."

"In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

Children, Dancing, Weddings

44

"One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what one has experienced and understood about the human condition as it relates to the role one has been hired to portray."

"One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what one has experienced and understood about the human condition as it relates to the role one has been hired to portray."

Tom Skerritt, American Actor

Money, People, Responsibility, Writer

44

"Commercials that are geared towards kids. I think they should just, like, wipe them out."

"Commercials that are geared towards kids. I think they should just, like, wipe them out."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

44

"I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me."

"I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me."

Ray Liotta, American Actor

44

"I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face."

"I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face."

Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor

Home, Job, Kids, Smile

44

"I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing."

"I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

Acting, Friends

44

"I just love women."

"I just love women."

Scott Caan, American Actor

44

"To me, Doors fans were always the 16-year-old idiots at parties, getting stoned, and talking about how Morrison's lyrics were like poetry... like that was a deep thought."

"To me, Doors fans were always the 16-year-old idiots at parties, getting stoned, and talking about how Morrison's lyrics were like poetry... like that was a deep thought."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

Poetry, Thought, Deep, Fans

44

"All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself."

"All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself."

Mark Wahlberg, American Actor

Money, Movies, Focus, Running

44

"There was no real fringe theatre in London until way after the war, so either a play was done secretly with a club licence or it was done openly and had to be assessed along with everything else."

"There was no real fringe theatre in London until way after the war, so either a play was done secretly with a club licence or it was done openly and had to be assessed along with everything else."

Timothy West, British Actor

War, London, Play, Theatre

44

"I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat."

"I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat."

John Cleese, English Actor

Actor, Writer, Writing

44

"It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it, George got closer and closer and closer with that camera - he was practically up my nose for the final shot. So I knew it was a moment that I had to do my best to get right."

"It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it, George got closer and closer and closer with that camera - he was practically up my nose for the final shot. So I knew it was a moment that I had to do my best to get right."

Ian McDiarmid, Scottish Actor

44

"I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school."

"I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school."

Ed O'Neill, American Actor

History, Sports, Football, Girls

44

"It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another."

"It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another."

Roger Moore, English Actor

44

"If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong."

"If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Work, Acting, Wrong

44

"American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information."

"American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

People, Evil, Information

44

"Marriage is a custom brought about by women who then proceed to live off men and destroy them, completely enveloping the man in a destructive cocoon or eating him away like a poisonous fungus on a tree."

"Marriage is a custom brought about by women who then proceed to live off men and destroy them, completely enveloping the man in a destructive cocoon or eating him away like a poisonous fungus on a tree."

Richard Harris, Irish Actor

Marriage, Men, Women, Custom

44

"I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance."

"I've never played a hero before so I jumped at the chance."

Adrian Edmondson, English Actor

44

"I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough."

"I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough."

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

Love, Music, Career

44

"I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers."

"I was stuck with looking like a girl. As soon as I got out of music it was straight off to the hairdressers."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

44

"I never play without my cape."

"I never play without my cape."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

44

"It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions."

"It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions."

Ben Stein, American Actor

44

"We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong."

"We were using a hand-held camera to film the scene when Morse collapses. The camera wouldn't start. Three times they said action and it still wouldn't work. To this day, they still don't know what was wrong."

John Thaw, British Actor

Work, Action, Day, Film

44

"Yeah, dog was this man's best friend, for sure."

"Yeah, dog was this man's best friend, for sure."

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

Friendship, Friend, Man

44

"I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine."

"I love working with children and this young boy, Thomas Sangster, is quite a remarkable young actor. He raises your game, you know. He certainly raised mine."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Love, Children, Remarkable

44

"Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire."

"Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire."

Anil Kapoor, Indian Actor

44

"We were just a gaggle of kids, and everybody played together and had a good time. You know how kids can be completely horrible - abusive but fun. But anyway, it was a nice childhood."

"We were just a gaggle of kids, and everybody played together and had a good time. You know how kids can be completely horrible - abusive but fun. But anyway, it was a nice childhood."

Peter Jurasik, American Actor

Time, Childhood, Fun, Kids

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