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"The reason bin Laden staggered the planes going into the towers was so every camera would be focused on the second tower when the plane hit. It was not only the murder, but the perpetual image of the horror that permeated into people's consciousness."

"The reason bin Laden staggered the planes going into the towers was so every camera would be focused on the second tower when the plane hit. It was not only the murder, but the perpetual image of the horror that permeated into people's consciousness."

John Cusack, American Actor

People, Consciousness, Horror, Murder

41

"I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then don't get crazy, see what happens."

"I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then don't get crazy, see what happens."

Garry Marshall, American Actor

Time, Quality, Fun

41

"Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs."

"Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

41

"But the working I would always want to do."

"But the working I would always want to do."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

41

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."

Christopher Parker, English Actor

41

"I had fallen in love with California."

"I had fallen in love with California."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

41

"When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home."

"When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home."

Robert De Niro, American Actor

Death, Home, Comedy, Day

41

"Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?"

"Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?"

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

Life, Thought, Man

41

"I'll tell you what 20 years teaches you - is that if one thing doesn't last something else will come down the pipe and to go from that and to do these films now."

"I'll tell you what 20 years teaches you - is that if one thing doesn't last something else will come down the pipe and to go from that and to do these films now."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Now, Will, Years

41

"I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience."

"I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, I wanted to have that experience."

Mandy Patinkin, American Actor

Experience, College, Liberal

41

"Music can't change the world."

"Music can't change the world."

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

Change, Music, World

41

"Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away."

"Apparently I'm the most naked that anyone's been on TNT. My poor mother. I'm ready to run away."

Sheryl Lee, American Actor

41

"Which is good, in a way, because the danger in doing something like STAR TREK is that you end up in that pigeonhole and you're doing that the rest of your life."

"Which is good, in a way, because the danger in doing something like STAR TREK is that you end up in that pigeonhole and you're doing that the rest of your life."

Colm Meaney, Irish Actor

Life, Danger, End, Rest

41

"I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be fine and that's what I'd want to do. I don't want to move."

"I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be fine and that's what I'd want to do. I don't want to move."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

Job, Jobs, Want

41

"The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling."

"The business is so upside down now. It's not just about the bling-bling."

Tim Reid, American Actor

41

"Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there."

"Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

Power, Man, Quiet, Sense

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"There are those who want to believe but can't, and there are those who believe as children and it's no problem for them at all."

"There are those who want to believe but can't, and there are those who believe as children and it's no problem for them at all."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

41

"The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful."

"The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful."

Orson Welles, American Actor

Success, Successful

41

"I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards."

"I think comedy is more my instinct and more what I'm geared towards."

Austin Peck, American Actor

Comedy, Instinct

41

"Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more."

"Be your own politics, grow your own garden, and maybe you can help out more."

Rip Torn, American Actor

Politics, Garden, Help

41

"I'm the audience's representative on earth."

"I'm the audience's representative on earth."

Michael Caine, English Actor

41

"As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount of violence that's allowed to be shown to kids these days."

"As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount of violence that's allowed to be shown to kids these days."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Kids, Now, Post, Violence

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"I was not a trained actor."

"I was not a trained actor."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

41

"I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can."

"I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

41

"There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory."

"There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory."

Peter Davison, British Actor

41

"I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting."

"I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting."

James Stewart, American Actor

People, Acting, First

41

"I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck."

"I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck."

Corey Haim, Canadian Actor

41

"A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills."

"A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills."

Mark Wahlberg, American Actor

41

"So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things."

"So if I keep making mistakes on Broadway or tape or film, producing, directing or acting, I can go along and do it - so long as I'm not investing too much capital in these things."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

Acting, Film, Mistakes

41

"I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls."

"I've also been working with the Challengers Club in the inner city of Los Angeles for 15 years now, I guess, and it's essentially an inner-city recreation club for boys and girls."

Richard Dean Anderson, American Actor

Boys, Girls, Now, Recreation

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"I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him."

"I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him."

John Thaw, British Actor

41

"I think Desperate Housewives is a pretty good show, I watch it, I like it and I don't love reality tv that much. I do watch some, I've got three daughters so we'll watch the good stuff, the fun stuff."

"I think Desperate Housewives is a pretty good show, I watch it, I like it and I don't love reality tv that much. I do watch some, I've got three daughters so we'll watch the good stuff, the fun stuff."

Bob Saget, American Actor

Love, Daughters, Fun, Pretty

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"I wish I knew at 14 not to put much thought into what other people my age said to me, cause we were all looking for the answers. So I wish I knew that other people really don't know any more than you do!"

"I wish I knew at 14 not to put much thought into what other people my age said to me, cause we were all looking for the answers. So I wish I knew that other people really don't know any more than you do!"

Will Estes, American Actor

Age, Thought, People, Answers

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"The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's astounding, but I don't see any similarity between us. Except for the fact that I'm told he used to wear ladies' underwear, which is something I also do."

"The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's astounding, but I don't see any similarity between us. Except for the fact that I'm told he used to wear ladies' underwear, which is something I also do."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Truth, Fact, Film, Ladies

41

"There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them."

"There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them."

Kenneth Branagh, Irish Actor

Actor, Actors, Language, Shakespeare

41

"My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work."

"My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

Work, Attention, Help, Job

41

"I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately."

"I loved the gentlemanly way they treated each other. It was unlike anything I was used to. I started helping them strike the set and, at 11, began taking acting classes privately."

Jeffrey Tambor, American Actor

41

"Then there's going to be another project I am involved with, in fact, I'm going back to film it next week. It's a game for the Internet called Advance Warriors, and my character is Max, who is blind, but he has special powers. It will be a new game played on the Internet."

"Then there's going to be another project I am involved with, in fact, I'm going back to film it next week. It's a game for the Internet called Advance Warriors, and my character is Max, who is blind, but he has special powers. It will be a new game played on the Internet."

Jeremy Bulloch, British Actor

Character, Blind, Fact, Film

41

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Acting, Bizarre, First

41

"The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified."

"The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified."

Jeremy Renner, American Actor

Business, Music, People, Expression

41

"I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal."

"I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Sex, People, Sex appeal

41

"I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time."

"I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

Time, People, Nothing, Problems

41

"I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost."

"I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

41

"I was in Kansas for about a month, and we worked most of the time in a very small town, so it felt like the production basically took the whole town over. In a way, we were the Martians in Kansas."

"I was in Kansas for about a month, and we worked most of the time in a very small town, so it felt like the production basically took the whole town over. In a way, we were the Martians in Kansas."

Lukas Haas, American Actor

Time, Production

41

"My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life."

"My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life."

Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor

Life, Gain, Newspapers, Order

41

"I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life."

"I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life."

Jon Voight, American Actor

41

"I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble."

"I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble."

Hal Holbrook, American Actor

Discipline, Authority, Cause, Trouble

41

"Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking."

"Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Acting, Man, Walking

41

"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."

"My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive."

Dom DeLuise, American Actor

Mother, Children

41

"Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books."

"Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

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