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"I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March."

"I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Death, Fighting, March, Project

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"I am not well educated or bright enough to be politically clued in, but I hope in the film that I'm going to shock a few people, win a lot of people over."

"I am not well educated or bright enough to be politically clued in, but I hope in the film that I'm going to shock a few people, win a lot of people over."

John Lone, American Actor

People, Hope, Film

43

"Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me."

"Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

43

"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."

"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."

Mel Smith, British Actor

43

"If any movie people are watching this show, please, for me, have some respect. You wanna sell some tickets, act like you know what you're talking about."

"If any movie people are watching this show, please, for me, have some respect. You wanna sell some tickets, act like you know what you're talking about."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

People, Act, Respect, Talking

43

"I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed."

"I think the main thing was that the character couldn't speak in regular language, so he had to be mimed."

Peter Mayhew, British Actor

Character, Language

43

"I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down."

"I wore goofy hats to school and did musical theater. Most people thought I was a dork. But if you have a sense of humor about it, no one can bring you down."

Zac Efron, American Actor

Humor, Thought, People, School

43

"It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him."

"It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him."

Michael Shanks, Canadian Actor

Character, Affection, Play

43

"You heard it from the heart, you saw it in their eyes. Then I got used to the fact that I couldn't feel my fingers and my feet. That for me was the essence of the battle."

"You heard it from the heart, you saw it in their eyes. Then I got used to the fact that I couldn't feel my fingers and my feet. That for me was the essence of the battle."

Jude Law, British Actor

Heart, Battle, Eyes, Fact

43

"I think golf is a waste of time and a waste of a sunny afternoon. I also stink at it. I have never found anything, including divorce and a sexual harassment suit, more frustrating."

"I think golf is a waste of time and a waste of a sunny afternoon. I also stink at it. I have never found anything, including divorce and a sexual harassment suit, more frustrating."

Jay Mohr, American Actor

Time, Divorce, Golf, Waste

43

"I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal."

"I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal."

Chi McBride, American Actor

43

"I'm following a real event and real people."

"I'm following a real event and real people."

John Landis, American Actor

43

"Movies are movies, television is television."

"Movies are movies, television is television."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Movies, Television

43

"I never have that 'we were robbed' feeling when looking around now at where some of our contemporaries are."

"I never have that 'we were robbed' feeling when looking around now at where some of our contemporaries are."

Robert Forster, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Now

43

"It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people."

"It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people."

Antonio Banderas, Spanish Actor

People, Character, Popular

43

"My thinking was scrambled when Sullivan and I separated. Something happened to me that had never happend before. I couldn't cope. It was heartbreak time. I thought it was the end of the world."

"My thinking was scrambled when Sullivan and I separated. Something happened to me that had never happend before. I couldn't cope. It was heartbreak time. I thought it was the end of the world."

Henry Fonda, American Actor

Time, Thought, End, Heartbreak

43

"It's kind of a shame that it's even an issue. Not being gay, I can't fully appreciate how complicated that is. In the article, the interviewer asked me, and I said that if I were, I would just say it."

"It's kind of a shame that it's even an issue. Not being gay, I can't fully appreciate how complicated that is. In the article, the interviewer asked me, and I said that if I were, I would just say it."

Scott Wolf, American Actor

Being, Gay, Shame

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"No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic."

"No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic."

John Leeson, British Actor

Actor, Actors, Eye

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"Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there's only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean I just wanted to flesh that character out and make that a drama about the people around Christ when he was going through this passion."

"Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there's only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean I just wanted to flesh that character out and make that a drama about the people around Christ when he was going through this passion."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

People, Character, Christ, Drama

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"I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it."

"I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Feelings, Being

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"Young kids are taking Viagra, ecstasy. They even want instant sex."

"Young kids are taking Viagra, ecstasy. They even want instant sex."

Tim Reid, American Actor

Sex, Ecstasy, Kids, Want

43

"I can't wait for my little sisters to start dating, because it will really be fun to pick on their boyfriends."

"I can't wait for my little sisters to start dating, because it will really be fun to pick on their boyfriends."

David Gallagher, American Actor

Dating, Fun, Sisters, Will

43

"I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself."

"I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

43

"They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'"

"They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'"

Albert Finney, British Actor

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"Paul Riser tells it in an interesting way; he dissects it and tells the structure, you know, 'you don't mention that part here.' But that's what's interesting about it and the people who are absent are interesting too."

"Paul Riser tells it in an interesting way; he dissects it and tells the structure, you know, 'you don't mention that part here.' But that's what's interesting about it and the people who are absent are interesting too."

Bob Saget, American Actor

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"It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different."

"It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Work, People, Job, Will

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"I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best."

"I think people, for the most part, actually want what they think is best."

David Cross, American Actor

43

"The talent is in the choices."

"The talent is in the choices."

Robert De Niro, American Actor

Talent, Choices

43

"I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it."

"I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

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"I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?"

"I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?"

Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor

Culture, Film, Germany

43

"If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing."

"If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

Care, Right, Saying, Want

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"I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies."

"I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

Love, Movies, Work

43

"Sometimes just when I say hello the right way, I'm like, Whoa, I'm so cool."

"Sometimes just when I say hello the right way, I'm like, Whoa, I'm so cool."

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

43

"When what's around you - such as scripts, or like me being on the show and playing 18, now me doing this film playing 18 - it's kind of been what's been there for me."

"When what's around you - such as scripts, or like me being on the show and playing 18, now me doing this film playing 18 - it's kind of been what's been there for me."

Shane West, American Actor

Being, Film, Now

43

"There were time when I was into method acting that I did have moments of residual character emotions, because the method bases your emotional responses as a character on emotional experiences from your real life."

"There were time when I was into method acting that I did have moments of residual character emotions, because the method bases your emotional responses as a character on emotional experiences from your real life."

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Life, Time, Character, Acting

43

"Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?"

"Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?"

Verne Troyer, American Actor

43

"But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it."

"But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Family, Heart, Relationships

43

"I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work."

"I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Work, Career, Want

43

"Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting."

"Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Feelings, Ideas, Character

43

"Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion."

"Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Hunger

43

"The fact that I have such a problem that people... that that has to, you know, be on people's mind, what my personal background is. To me, to be very frank with you, is a totally irrelevant thing."

"The fact that I have such a problem that people... that that has to, you know, be on people's mind, what my personal background is. To me, to be very frank with you, is a totally irrelevant thing."

Werner Klemperer, German Actor

People, Fact, Mind

43

"Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare."

"Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare."

Michael Moriarty, American Actor

Honesty, Clarity, Language, Shakespeare

43

"I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility."

"I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

Acting, First, Reading, Responsibility

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"You're not allowed to step out of whatever the rules are, politically, or socially, and they'll get you for it, they'll hunt you down. That's the really frightening thing."

"You're not allowed to step out of whatever the rules are, politically, or socially, and they'll get you for it, they'll hunt you down. That's the really frightening thing."

Timothy West, British Actor

43

"The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name."

"The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name."

David Hyde Pierce, American Actor

43

"Wonders will never cease."

"Wonders will never cease."

David Garrick, English Actor

43

"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

"I don't care about being a star. I can do a supporting role; I don't have to be a lead."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

43

"I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa."

"I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Men, Women, Vice

43

"And we... right from moment one, we were always kinda up against the wall a little bit when it came to the future of the show. There were always rumors."

"And we... right from moment one, we were always kinda up against the wall a little bit when it came to the future of the show. There were always rumors."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

Future, Right, Rumors

43

"People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me."

"People are either enamored with me or wonder if they can take me."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

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