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"I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well."
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Hector Elizondo
"I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well."
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"'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'"
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Dwight Schultz
"'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'"
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"I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires."
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Steve Buscemi
"I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires."
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"Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down."
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Eli Wallach
"Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down."
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"I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors."
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James Denton
"I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors."
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"The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated."
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Casey Affleck
"The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated."
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"I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it."
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Jason Segel
"I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it."
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"I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research."
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Aaron Eckhart
"I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research."
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"Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts."
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Burt Lancaster
"Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts."
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"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."
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Michael Ironside
"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."
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"The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor."
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Leonardo DiCaprio
"The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor."
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"There is a legend. And to protest is daft."
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Peter O'Toole
"There is a legend. And to protest is daft."
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"When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors."
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James MacArthur
"When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors."
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"This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient."
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Willie Aames
"This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient."
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"I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it."
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Sam Waterston
"I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it."
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"Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama."
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Steve Guttenberg
"Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama."
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"I was right for the role. It's as simple as that."
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Joel Gretsch
"I was right for the role. It's as simple as that."
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"It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person."
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Ajay Naidu
"It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person."
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"So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career."
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Vincent D'Onofrio
"So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career."
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"I have no interest in writing, directing or producing."
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Ted Shackelford
"I have no interest in writing, directing or producing."
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"This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much of it as a kid. After that, and a lot of thinking, I became less violent. I realized that there must be other ways. So, I started to pursue them."
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Jack Bowman
"This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much of it as a kid. After that, and a lot of thinking, I became less violent. I realized that there must be other ways. So, I started to pursue them."
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"It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts."
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Roger Moore
"It's easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts."
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"Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that."
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Jason Biggs
"Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that."
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"I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman."
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Jack Nicholson
"I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman."
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"The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies."
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Jason Statham
"The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies."
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"I have a spiritual advisor I call up, when I just feel lost. Lately, I've been talking to God. I developed this dialogue in rehab, this dialogue with God, and every day I talk to God."
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Andy Dick
"I have a spiritual advisor I call up, when I just feel lost. Lately, I've been talking to God. I developed this dialogue in rehab, this dialogue with God, and every day I talk to God."
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"I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships."
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David Schwimmer
"I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships."
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"With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling."
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Vincent D'Onofrio
"With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling."
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"As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally."
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Eric Roberts
"As I've gotten older I look like a man, finally."
Man,
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"I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in."
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Dustin Hoffman
"I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in."
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"Parks said, he's guilty and that's the end of the story."
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Tommy Bond
"Parks said, he's guilty and that's the end of the story."
End,
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"Right now, my favorite game is Resident Evil 2."
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Shane West
"Right now, my favorite game is Resident Evil 2."
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"I still have a dream of one day - I would love to hire a semi-retired contractor and just build a house - him and I building a house for me. I would truly love to do that."
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Christopher Meloni
"I still have a dream of one day - I would love to hire a semi-retired contractor and just build a house - him and I building a house for me. I would truly love to do that."
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"I think the things I wanted answered have been answered by people in the know that we can't talk about, so I'm perfectly happy with how Chewie came to be where he is and what is going on in Episode III."
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Peter Mayhew
"I think the things I wanted answered have been answered by people in the know that we can't talk about, so I'm perfectly happy with how Chewie came to be where he is and what is going on in Episode III."
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"I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved."
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Gary Oldman
"I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved."
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"I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me."
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Christopher Atkins
"I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me."
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"It's so much easier to go to the Sony movie complex when you're disabled. You take a great elevator. You get your own little private viewing area. I love it."
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Michael Zaslow
"It's so much easier to go to the Sony movie complex when you're disabled. You take a great elevator. You get your own little private viewing area. I love it."
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"I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even though it was a six album deal, they saw quite early on that I wasn't enjoying it as I should be. I didn't feel there was anything behind it."
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Adam Rickitt
"I realised that the only time I really enjoyed music was when I was in the studio writing. So even though it was a six album deal, they saw quite early on that I wasn't enjoying it as I should be. I didn't feel there was anything behind it."
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"I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green."
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Nicolas Cage
"I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green."
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"The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them."
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Robbie Coltrane
"The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them."
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"I've been curious about certain things, but didn't let them get in the way of my life. I don't know how people becoem successful with some kind of habit."
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Tobey Maguire
"I've been curious about certain things, but didn't let them get in the way of my life. I don't know how people becoem successful with some kind of habit."
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"You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors."
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Wes Bentley
"You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors."
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"I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic."
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Alan Rickman
"I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic."
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"Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a nerd inside, I don't care how cool you are."
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Channing Tatum
"Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a nerd inside, I don't care how cool you are."
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"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."
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Tom Hanks
"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."
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"I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't."
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Dick Van Dyke
"I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't."
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"It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press."
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Liev Schreiber
"It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press."
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"There's a reason screens are only this thick."
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John Malkovich
"There's a reason screens are only this thick."
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"All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance."
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Bill Murray
"All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance."
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"I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are."
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Stephen Rea
"I don't feel ashamed of my wife's political background, and I don't think she should either. I feel that the people who administered the North of Ireland for the last 20 years should be ashamed. There you are."
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