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"Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird."

"Twelve to 15 years of acting school, and I am being a bird."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

Acting, Being, School, Years

43

"The thing is, the studio then forget that you're an actor and that you can do other things, and so since they pay you for that, they don't want you to do anything else."

"The thing is, the studio then forget that you're an actor and that you can do other things, and so since they pay you for that, they don't want you to do anything else."

Charles S. Dutton, American Actor

Actor, Forget, Want

43

"I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one."

"I like to believe that love is a reciprocal thing, that it can't really be felt, truly, by one."

Sean Penn, American Actor

43

"It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected."

"It's nice to see that people in Middle America are really affected."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

People, America

43

"I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now."

"I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now."

Forest Whitaker, American Actor

Time, Acting, Career, Now

43

"A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery."

"A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Character, Discovery, Journey, Man

43

"I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives."

"I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Inspirational, Friends

43

"I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines."

"I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines."

Daniel Craig, English Actor

Desire, Shakespeare

43

"In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite."

"In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite."

Hugh Dancy, British Actor

Experience, Acting

43

"Well, I've just gotten accustomed to just being in Canada for five and a half months a year."

"Well, I've just gotten accustomed to just being in Canada for five and a half months a year."

Anthony Michael Hall, American Actor

Being, Canada, Months

43

"Extreme Makeover... they help people that are uncomfortable in their own skin. They really change lives."

"Extreme Makeover... they help people that are uncomfortable in their own skin. They really change lives."

Steven Hill, American Actor

Change, People, Extreme, Help

43

"Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that."

"Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that."

David Naughton, American Actor

43

"I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make."

"I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

43

"I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start making generalizations about how bad things have become in comparison to the old days."

"I only know from my own personal experience, and I personally feel that there's a cyclical nature to things, so you don't want to start making generalizations about how bad things have become in comparison to the old days."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

Nature, Experience, Old, Want

43

"My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered."

"My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered."

Gene Kelly, American Actor

Mother, Idea, Dancing, Job

43

"I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever."

"I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

43

"Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now."

"Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now."

Ted Shackelford, American Actor

Concern, Now, Theatre, Years

43

"I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do."

"I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Life, Career, Now, Want

43

"But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me."

"But poetry is my life. Poetry is what matters to me."

Peter Davison, British Actor

43

"I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard."

"I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard."

Adrian Edmondson, English Actor

Thought, Elderly, Man

43

"Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do."

"Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do."

Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor

People, Character

43

"I haven't done a lot of action movies, so it's kind of fun to get to do a lot of stunt work."

"I haven't done a lot of action movies, so it's kind of fun to get to do a lot of stunt work."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

Work, Movies, Action, Fun

43

"I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around."

"I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

43

"Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate."

"Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Time, People, Talk

43

"My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque."

"My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

43

"I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode."

"I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode."

John Leeson, British Actor

Father, Dad, Army

43

"I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me."

"I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me."

River Phoenix, American Actor

43

"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."

"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."

Dennis Weaver, American Actor

43

"I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can."

"I mean, it's the life lessons that I suppose you learn that nobody gets a free ride and that you do the best you can with the means that you can and try to open yourself to as much knowledge and all that that you can."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

Life, Knowledge, Open

43

"Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake."

"Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

People, Being, Golf, Word

43

"Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling."

"Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling."

Matt LeBlanc, American Actor

43

"Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse."

"Everybody in Hollywood was in Around the World in 80 Days. If you weren't, you left town and made up an excuse."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

Hollywood, World

43

"At only 20 years old I got married. I was still a kid myself, but in those times, if you got someone pregnant, you had no choice but to get married. So I left school and the only thing I could do was sing."

"At only 20 years old I got married. I was still a kid myself, but in those times, if you got someone pregnant, you had no choice but to get married. So I left school and the only thing I could do was sing."

David Soul, American Actor

Choice, Old, School, Years

43

"I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life."

"I study more of truth and enlightening. I had to go the next level to talk about life."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Life, Truth, Study, Talk

43

"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."

"I don't think I want to play a teenager anymore."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

43

"Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world."

"Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

Change, Time, World

43

"Most shows, you really have to force it. And everybody's nervous, and the network is nervous, and they've all got their notepads out, and they're all going to give notes on what they think is funny, and everybody's trying to spin their jokes, and this was so - the script was so good that we didn't have to really do anything, and it made it so easy for us to do well."

"Most shows, you really have to force it. And everybody's nervous, and the network is nervous, and they've all got their notepads out, and they're all going to give notes on what they think is funny, and everybody's trying to spin their jokes, and this was so - the script was so good that we didn't have to really do anything, and it made it so easy for us to do well."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

Funny, Force, Jokes, Network

43

"When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work."

"When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work."

William Petersen, American Actor

Work, Focus, Job, Network

43

"We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism."

"We are people with all the hopes, dreams, passions, and faults of everyone else. Eighty percent of us are born into families with no history of dwarfism."

Billy Barty, American Actor

History, Dreams, People, Faults

43

"My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave."

"My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave."

Paul Robeson, American Actor

Time, Mother, Father, State

43

"Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong."

"Will Arnett is one of the funniest guys I know. He has seen it all and done it all and come out the other end pretty savvy and pretty strong."

Jason Bateman, American Actor

End, Pretty, Will

43

"30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me."

"30 years and 55 pictures - not more than five that were any good, or any good for me."

Gig Young, American Actor

43

"For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me."

"For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

43

"Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity."

"Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity."

Armand Assante, American Actor

Literature, Mediocrity

43

"The role of an actor is to make every character believable."

"The role of an actor is to make every character believable."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

43

"Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character."

"Parts like Morse don't grow on trees. He's a great character."

John Thaw, British Actor

Character, Trees

43

"I'm interested to go other places, I've been the boy in the bubble since we've been shooting, I need to go travel a little bit, see where the action is, other than going to see family, of course."

"I'm interested to go other places, I've been the boy in the bubble since we've been shooting, I need to go travel a little bit, see where the action is, other than going to see family, of course."

George Eads, American Actor

Travel, Family, Action

43

"Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name."

"Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name."

Rod Taylor, Australian Actor

43

"I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite."

"I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

Life, Cliches, Hollywood

43

"The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast."

"The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast."

Richard O'Brien, English Actor

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