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"Dream the impossible because dreams do come true."
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Elijah Wood
"Dream the impossible because dreams do come true."
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"That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children."
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Dwayne Hickman
"That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children."
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"I've done quite a few adverts. I've also done some presenting and acting work in Spain. I did a lot of Spanish education videos for people wanting to learn English."
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Christopher Parker
"I've done quite a few adverts. I've also done some presenting and acting work in Spain. I did a lot of Spanish education videos for people wanting to learn English."
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"What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job."
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Robbie Coltrane
"What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job."
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"I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God."
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Vin Diesel
"I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God."
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"From my point of view, there is a lot of joy in stage work."
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George Peppard
"From my point of view, there is a lot of joy in stage work."
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"You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty."
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Danny Glover
"You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty."
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"I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York."
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Michael C. Hall
"I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York."
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"As long as you're getting along, it's nice to work with someone you know well."
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Luke Wilson
"As long as you're getting along, it's nice to work with someone you know well."
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"I think people need housing. And there's empty buildings, I think people should live in there. If you want to call them squatters, trespassers, hey, I call Wall Street thieves!"
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Al Lewis
"I think people need housing. And there's empty buildings, I think people should live in there. If you want to call them squatters, trespassers, hey, I call Wall Street thieves!"
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"First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got."
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James Coburn
"First job I went out on in new York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got."
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"But because it was able to balance that kind of humor with a sweet story and characters you really rooted for and also got across the girls' point of view, I've heard nothing but great things from younger and older females as well."
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Jason Biggs
"But because it was able to balance that kind of humor with a sweet story and characters you really rooted for and also got across the girls' point of view, I've heard nothing but great things from younger and older females as well."
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"But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC."
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Olivier Martinez
"But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC."
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"I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there."
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Cillian Murphy
"I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there."
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"I've been told by doctors and surgeons that I have the energy of ten men who have normal jobs."
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Gary Busey
"I've been told by doctors and surgeons that I have the energy of ten men who have normal jobs."
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"We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids."
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Tony Danza
"We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids."
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"I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy."
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Armand Assante
"I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy."
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"That's true, because I'm a photographer now."
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Leonard Nimoy
"That's true, because I'm a photographer now."
Now,
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"I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months."
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Bob Saget
"I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months."
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"There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process."
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Richard Masur
"There is no relation to sound for deaf people. It is a totally different mental process."
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"The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that."
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David Soul
"The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that."
Old,
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"Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end."
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Leonard Nimoy
"Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end."
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"I suppose the most fun I had was on the second film."
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David Prowse
"I suppose the most fun I had was on the second film."
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"I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends."
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Burt Ward
"I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends."
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"I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end."
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David Cross
"I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end."
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"I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable."
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Orlando Bloom
"I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable."
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"If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?"
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Will Rogers
"If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?"
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"It's exciting to think that something I'm involved in is touching so many people in so many cultures."
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Paul Guilfoyle
"It's exciting to think that something I'm involved in is touching so many people in so many cultures."
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"The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it."
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Javier Bardem
"The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it."
Act,
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"All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea."
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Mark Strong
"All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea."
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"It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it."
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Eriq La Salle
"It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it."
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"We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
"We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government."
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"You see I don't like to be really too commercial about things but in this business you've just got to be commercial otherwise the films don't make money and you don't make films and as a long as a commodity is selling it's silly to kill it dead."
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Peter Cushing
"You see I don't like to be really too commercial about things but in this business you've just got to be commercial otherwise the films don't make money and you don't make films and as a long as a commodity is selling it's silly to kill it dead."
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"I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, "You make your own luck.""
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Orlando Bloom
"I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, "You make your own luck.""
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"Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions."
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Orlando Bloom
"Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions."
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"I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials."
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Devon Sawa
"I started off in a small theatre performance company and worked my way into commercials."
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"When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off."
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Geoffrey Rush
"When people come to me and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face the next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off."
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"We all live on the same planet, it is our only home, so... we used to rotate crops back in the day and, you know, who cares if you're going to make a profit if everybody's too dead or glowing in the dark to be able to purchase anything."
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Michael Berryman
"We all live on the same planet, it is our only home, so... we used to rotate crops back in the day and, you know, who cares if you're going to make a profit if everybody's too dead or glowing in the dark to be able to purchase anything."
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"For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing."
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Dominic Chianese
"For TV I don't think I could have gotten a better part than Uncle Junior because of the intimacy of the character based on David Chase's brilliant writing."
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"I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it."
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Leslie Nielsen
"I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it."
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"As I walk around, I have met 70-year-old women who live on the Upper West Side who love the show. And I met a couple in Kansas - a couple of truck drivers who drove around together - who loved it. It's popular all over the place and definitely in the gay community."
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Lee Tergesen
"As I walk around, I have met 70-year-old women who live on the Upper West Side who love the show. And I met a couple in Kansas - a couple of truck drivers who drove around together - who loved it. It's popular all over the place and definitely in the gay community."
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"Acting is always a challenge."
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Robert Downey, Jr.
"Acting is always a challenge."
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"If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do."
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Kurt Russell
"If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do."
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"I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more."
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Ryan Gosling
"I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more."
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"I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are."
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Ryan Gosling
"I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are."
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"I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting."
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Stephen Rea
"I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting."
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"My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddy's movie is wack, but they loved it."
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Blair Underwood
"My son had his eighth birthday recently and we had a chance to borrow the film and show it to all of his friends that was at his birthday party and they loved it. I was a little nervous. I said they might not even like it, and say his daddy's movie is wack, but they loved it."
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"A lot of feature films do two pages a day."
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Timothy Bottoms
"A lot of feature films do two pages a day."
Day,
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"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."
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Kabir Bedi
"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."
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"I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty."
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Richard O'Brien
"I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty."
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