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Quotes by Actor

"Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you."
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Hugh Jackman
"Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you."
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"It was far more fun than work doing those shows for all those years, we all loved each other and loved going to work, we all understood how fortunate we were to be in that place, to have achieved that success worldwide."
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Steve Kanaly
"It was far more fun than work doing those shows for all those years, we all loved each other and loved going to work, we all understood how fortunate we were to be in that place, to have achieved that success worldwide."
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"I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor."
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Peter Jurasik
"I'm very cautious about talking about how actors got where they got, as though there is in fact a plan or a way. There is no plan, there is no way, there's no sure set, there's no handbook, on how to get to be an actor."
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"I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there."
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Fred Astaire
"I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there."
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"In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character."
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Rick Yune
"In a lot of ways, the make-up was the character."
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"It's of course understandable that people want to know about actors in their favourite series."
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Jonathan Brandis
"It's of course understandable that people want to know about actors in their favourite series."
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"My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily."
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Channing Tatum
"My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily."
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"I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money."
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Orson Welles
"I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money."
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"Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable whenever film crews came on the set to shoot things. I didn't want our make-believe to be exposed."
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Patrick Stewart
"Encouraging people to believe in it was the most important thing of all. It's one of the reasons I was always uncomfortable whenever film crews came on the set to shoot things. I didn't want our make-believe to be exposed."
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"I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class, I had like 92 people."
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Verne Troyer
"I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class, I had like 92 people."
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"There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed."
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Frank Langella
"There are no taboos in bed, and there shouldn't be any taboos in bed."
Bed,
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"It's a Fox thing, the bad-boy image. They're trying to type me out. There are worse things in life, you know. I'm just really excited about the opportunity."
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Ben McKenzie
"It's a Fox thing, the bad-boy image. They're trying to type me out. There are worse things in life, you know. I'm just really excited about the opportunity."
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"You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize."
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Gary Coleman
"You can involve yourself in electronics, computers, puzzles... there's a lot of creativity and brain working. There's a lot to model trains that people don't realize."
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"The process of doing plays will make you an actor."
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Stephen Collins
"The process of doing plays will make you an actor."
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"I think it talks about the fact that there are black people in the world who have tremendous amount of talents and have no channel through which they can those talents."
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Joe Morton
"I think it talks about the fact that there are black people in the world who have tremendous amount of talents and have no channel through which they can those talents."
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"I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all."
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Jackie Cooper
"I remember Mr. Mayer very well. He sort of liked to be the father - no, he liked to be treated like you thought he was Daddy, but he didn't treat you like Daddy at all."
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"To them, the real United States is just flyover country."
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John Ratzenberger
"To them, the real United States is just flyover country."
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"The word of God - what does it say about what his place is going to be in the Kingdom? Think about it."
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Stephen Baldwin
"The word of God - what does it say about what his place is going to be in the Kingdom? Think about it."
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"You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work."
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Chris Cooper
"You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work."
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"Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity."
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Jack Bowman
"Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity."
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"I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, it's governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye."
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David McCallum
"I think your life is governed not by the bricks or mortar around you, it's governed by who holds your hand and who spits in your eye."
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"I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.'"
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Richard Dreyfuss
"I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.'"
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"I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie."
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Mark Wahlberg
"I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie."
Lie,
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"Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy."
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Val Kilmer
"Partly because the town is just finicky, there are strange Catch 22 clauses in the consciousness of this community and one of them was that you, I found out, you can't do a comedy unless you've just done a comedy."
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"I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones."
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Ed O'Neill
"I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones."
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"Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice."
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Esai Morales
"Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice."
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"It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today."
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James Caan
"It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today."
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"It slows down grocery shopping, because so many women at the store watch the show. I always end up talking to two or three people every time I go to Ralphs. It's fun."
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James Denton
"It slows down grocery shopping, because so many women at the store watch the show. I always end up talking to two or three people every time I go to Ralphs. It's fun."
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"Certainly if we hope do enhance and extend whatever natural assets we were given, we must expect to make an effort, if not actually great labor."
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Dixie Carter
"Certainly if we hope do enhance and extend whatever natural assets we were given, we must expect to make an effort, if not actually great labor."
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"I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai."
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Orson Welles
"I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai."
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"A lot of people say the sitcom is dead. I think they're right to some extent, in that the shows they're putting out are all the same."
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Ben Savage
"A lot of people say the sitcom is dead. I think they're right to some extent, in that the shows they're putting out are all the same."
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"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."
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Nicolas Cage
"My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere."
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"It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others."
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Blair Underwood
"It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others."
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"I love standup and I haven't given it up."
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Ray Romano
"I love standup and I haven't given it up."
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"There's been a boiling down of real emotion into a set pattern instead of individualism."
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Skeet Ulrich
"There's been a boiling down of real emotion into a set pattern instead of individualism."
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"I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?"
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Omar Epps
"I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?"
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"When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there."
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Hugh Dancy
"When I got back I found myself being very emotional about the time spent in Rwanda in a way that I hadn't been able to or allowed myself to be when we were there."
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"I've not as yet found one hobby that would absorb me completely when I'm not working, but I have just bought a new apartment and didn't quite bargain for the amount of effort and time and money that that absorbs."
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Hugh Dancy
"I've not as yet found one hobby that would absorb me completely when I'm not working, but I have just bought a new apartment and didn't quite bargain for the amount of effort and time and money that that absorbs."
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"I was a geek in high school."
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David Schwimmer
"I was a geek in high school."
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"Some people make a great film and then they can't follow up."
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Woody Harrelson
"Some people make a great film and then they can't follow up."
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"It's really hard to say how long the show will last and will continue. I hope it lasts for a very long time. As long as kids watch it, anyway. But beyond this, sure, I would love to be doing film. I'd love to be doing more theater and perhaps even writing."
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Steve Burns
"It's really hard to say how long the show will last and will continue. I hope it lasts for a very long time. As long as kids watch it, anyway. But beyond this, sure, I would love to be doing film. I'd love to be doing more theater and perhaps even writing."
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"It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then."
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Antonio Banderas
"It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then."
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"All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else."
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F. Murray Abraham
"All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else."
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"No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut."
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Channing Pollock
"No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut."
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"I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by."
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Benicio Del Toro
"I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by."
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"I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre."
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Jeremy Bulloch
"I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre."
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"It's very frustrating not being on the air."
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Bruce Boxleitner
"It's very frustrating not being on the air."
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"People tend to think of Brisbane as a sleepy, sub-topical place. I don't know. It's like Baltimore or something. I don't know. You would hear the family dramas going on behind closed doors."
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Geoffrey Rush
"People tend to think of Brisbane as a sleepy, sub-topical place. I don't know. It's like Baltimore or something. I don't know. You would hear the family dramas going on behind closed doors."
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"It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning."
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Stanley Tucci
"It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning."
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"I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change."
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Ron Silver
"I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change."
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