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"I only hear my own voice. When you start hearing other voices, then it's time to worry."
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Matt Dillon
"I only hear my own voice. When you start hearing other voices, then it's time to worry."
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"I enjoy catching our show whenever I can. It does get very weird to watch myself, it's always been that way, but at the same time, it's part of my job to see what kind of job I'm doing and to get a perspective on where I'm taking the character."
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James Lafferty
"I enjoy catching our show whenever I can. It does get very weird to watch myself, it's always been that way, but at the same time, it's part of my job to see what kind of job I'm doing and to get a perspective on where I'm taking the character."
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"I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me."
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Ed O'Neill
"I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me."
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"In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios."
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Griffin Dunne
"In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios."
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"I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto."
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Kiefer Sutherland
"I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto."
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"And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble."
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Jason Statham
"And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble."
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"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."
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Sidney Poitier
"I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life."
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"But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."
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Corey Haim
"But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."
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"Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies."
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Tommy Chong
"Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies."
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"It was like there's got to be some way to stay working and stay productive in Los Angeles. TV is that kind of thing for an actor. Unless you get stuck in one of these shows where you have to go to Vancouver."
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Ethan Suplee
"It was like there's got to be some way to stay working and stay productive in Los Angeles. TV is that kind of thing for an actor. Unless you get stuck in one of these shows where you have to go to Vancouver."
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"I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job."
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Ben Kingsley
"I have a rather naive approach, I think, to my job."
Job,
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"It pisses me off, people are idiots, but what are you going to do? The world is full of idiots. That's why we'll never have flying cars. People don't know how to drive."
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Dustin Diamond
"It pisses me off, people are idiots, but what are you going to do? The world is full of idiots. That's why we'll never have flying cars. People don't know how to drive."
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"The actor has a constant problem of personal identity."
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Cyril Cusack
"The actor has a constant problem of personal identity."
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"Good looking people turn me off. Myself included."
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Patrick Swayze
"Good looking people turn me off. Myself included."
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"Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other."
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Leonardo DiCaprio
"Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other."
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"But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be."
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Liam Neeson
"But, you know, sex is controversial, it just is and it always will be."
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"If I ever went, I'd want to go peacefully in my sleep. I wouldn't want to plan my own death."
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Dustin Diamond
"If I ever went, I'd want to go peacefully in my sleep. I wouldn't want to plan my own death."
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"I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone."
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Theodore Bikel
"I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone."
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"I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well."
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David Hyde Pierce
"I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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David Morse
"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches."
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Will Rogers
"There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches."
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"People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers."
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Michael Pitt
"People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers."
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"My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom."
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Michael Ironside
"My M.O. over the years is that I make things better, where people give me that freedom."
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"I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths."
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John Lurie
"I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths."
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"As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, "This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.""
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Tom Cruise
"As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, "This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.""
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"I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it."
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Chuck Norris
"I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it."
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"My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen."
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Jack Bowman
"My art and poetry is very political now. Because you've got to find that truth within you and express yourself. Somewhere out there, I know, there will be people who will listen."
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"It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light."
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Roland Gift
"It's better to burn brightly for half as long than to be a dim lingering light."
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"We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by."
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Will Rogers
"We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by."
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"I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is."
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Wilford Brimley
"I didn't go to acting school, but I've been observing my fellow man for 66 years now, and I would think that's the best school there is."
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"I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous."
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Christopher Parker
"I get to meet fantastic people, and I get to go through so many emotions. For me, I have a craving for that. When I'm acting, I feel great. It's not to be famous."
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"With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart."
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Tom Wopat
"With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart."
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"You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do."
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Ron Silver
"You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do."
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"Which to this day is a source of enormous guilt, because I left with three classes to go in the business school to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox."
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Tom Selleck
"Which to this day is a source of enormous guilt, because I left with three classes to go in the business school to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox."
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"I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect."
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Tom Berenger
"I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect."
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"I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently."
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Larry David
"I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life. Albeit inadvertently."
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"Doing that, then doing a lot of theater, which I love. Doing guest stars, did two independent films that are going around to all these festivals. Both of them are going to be at the Lake Tahoe Film Festival."
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Austin Peck
"Doing that, then doing a lot of theater, which I love. Doing guest stars, did two independent films that are going around to all these festivals. Both of them are going to be at the Lake Tahoe Film Festival."
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"You gotta make the movie you want to make."
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Stanley Tucci
"You gotta make the movie you want to make."
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"The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is."
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James Daly
"The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is."
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"So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started."
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Rod Taylor
"So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started."
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"People bitch about losing their anonymity and then get insulted when someone doesn't recognize them from whatever success they've had."
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Casey Affleck
"People bitch about losing their anonymity and then get insulted when someone doesn't recognize them from whatever success they've had."
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"Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure."
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Errol Flynn
"Any man who has $10,000 left when he dies is a failure."
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"You can only do so much theatre."
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Victor Garber
"You can only do so much theatre."
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"Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that."
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Vincent D'Onofrio
"Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that."
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"I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that."
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Gary Oldman
"I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that."
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"It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of 'Passions' are wonderful to work with."
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Juliet Mills
"It is first and foremost very hard work! But I have a wonderful part and I do have fun. The company, cast and crew of 'Passions' are wonderful to work with."
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"Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year."
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Barry Bostwick
"Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year."
Man,
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"Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me."
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Tony Curtis
"Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me."
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"But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago."
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Marc Wallice
"But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago."
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"It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting."
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Patrick Macnee
"It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from that sort of background. It's not even acting."
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