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"I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry."

"I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry."

Corey Feldman, American Actor

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"It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so I'm pretty excited about that."

"It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so I'm pretty excited about that."

Jason Isaacs, English Actor

9

"I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing."

"I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing."

Christopher Atkins, American Actor

Sports, Medicine

9

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."

Christopher Reeve, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, First, Will

9

"There's no common taste in this world."

"There's no common taste in this world."

Stephen Chow, Chinese Actor

9

"I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it."

"I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it."

Eugene Levy, Canadian Actor

9

"No matter how you travel, it's still you going."

"No matter how you travel, it's still you going."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

9

"The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life."

"The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life."

Benjamin Bratt, American Actor

Life, Opportunity, Acting

9

"It's nice to play a character that has a soulful, dependent, close relationship. It must mean my character is interesting in some way."

"It's nice to play a character that has a soulful, dependent, close relationship. It must mean my character is interesting in some way."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

Character, Play

9

"Who wants to shake the hand of the first man to put it to America's sweetheart."

"Who wants to shake the hand of the first man to put it to America's sweetheart."

John Agar, American Actor

America, First, Man

9

"A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point."

"A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Time, Act, Man, Mind

9

"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."

"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."

Laurence Olivier, English Actor

9

"A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do."

"A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

People, Negative, Positive

9

"I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work."

"I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work."

Michael Douglas, American Actor

Work, People, Chicago, Hollywood

9

"Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare."

"Yes, it's true, I've been called the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. I guess that would make Laurence Olivier the Leslie Nielsen of Shakespeare."

Leslie Nielsen, Canadian Actor

9

"I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point."

"I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point."

Laurence Fishburne, American Actor

Life, Purpose, Being, Existence

9

"I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay."

"I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay."

Jason Bateman, American Actor

Business, People, Friends, Gay

9

"It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it."

"It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it."

William Hurt, American Actor

Life, People, Acting, Light

9

"What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me."

"What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

9

"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."

"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."

Shahrukh Khan, Indian Actor

9

"I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them."

"I love doing motion pictures and expect to be as busy as I want to be in them."

Jeffrey Hunter, American Actor

9

"I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson."

"I was very outgoing, and a good-looking kid. I started doing all the catalogs. I made 60 commercials by the time I was 6. I must have been a natural, because I never took an acting lesson."

Rick Schroder, American Actor

9

"With failure, you just try again."

"With failure, you just try again."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

9

"I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented."

"I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

9

"The key is to keep improving. I'm not there yet. I know I have to keep trying to improve and keep trying to get faster."

"The key is to keep improving. I'm not there yet. I know I have to keep trying to improve and keep trying to get faster."

Tyler Christopher, American Actor

9

"Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter."

"Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Belief, Giving, Quitting

9

"Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best."

"Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best."

Steven Hill, American Actor

9

"I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death."

"I have friends who remember seeing fish hauled onto a boat's deck and beaten to death."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Death, Fish, Friends

9

"I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself."

"I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Movies, Film, Opinion

9

"It's still difficult for me to watch my work."

"It's still difficult for me to watch my work."

Sheryl Lee, American Actor

9

"So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department."

"So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

9

"I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries."

"I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

American, Countries

9

"Hollywood is not good when it comes to age."

"Hollywood is not good when it comes to age."

Kyle MacLachlan, American Actor

9

"I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents."

"I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents."

David Keith, American Actor

Time, Life, Father, First

9

"I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends."

"I took six months off, finished high school, and hung out with friends."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

Friendship, Friends, Months, School

9

"I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth."

"I guess professionally it began when Hal Hartley used some music of mine in his film The Unbelievable Truth."

Jim Coleman, American Actor

Music, Truth, Film

9

"When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic."

"When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic."

Dean Cain, American Actor

Accusation, Accusations, Battle, Fun

9

"You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities."

"You know the way I play golf, it's a good I do these things for charities."

Joe Mantegna, American Actor

9

"I went to college with James Coburn and Steve McQueen was a very good friend."

"I went to college with James Coburn and Steve McQueen was a very good friend."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Friendship, Friend, College

9

"But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk."

"But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk."

John Lone, American Actor

9

"Frost is the most sophisticated of poets."

"Frost is the most sophisticated of poets."

Peter Davison, British Actor

9

"The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive."

"The best thing that I got was rehearsing with my father. It was always about the process of figuring things out, and trying something new, and having another take on something and keeping it alive."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

9

"The schools ain't what they used to be and never was."

"The schools ain't what they used to be and never was."

Will Rogers, American Actor

School, Schools

9

"But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie."

"But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

9

"For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one."

"For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one."

Ian McDiarmid, Scottish Actor

Character, Chance, Extreme, Shadow

9

"You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is."

"You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is."

Ben Stein, American Actor

9

"You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting."

"You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting."

Ed Harris, American Actor

Competition, Fighting, Forget, Oil

9

"Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger."

"Failure's not a bad thing. It builds character. It makes you stronger."

Billy Dee Williams, American Actor

Character, Failure

9

"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."

"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."

James Dean, American Actor

Result, Results

9

"Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important."

"Because technically actors are just public servants really. They just tell stories because people need to be told stories. That's all it is. And yet we get treated as though we're important."

James McAvoy, Scottish Actor

People, Actors, Public

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