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"At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it."

"At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it."

Oliver Reed, English Actor

Death, Food, People, Right

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"I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project."

"I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project."

Sylvester Stallone, American Actor

Family, Monument, Project

41

"I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded."

"I love the fact that it starts from there, and you don't know where it's gonna go. Wait long enough - love will find you. Everything's a surprise. When you think you've got it all figured out... as Emerson said, the dice of God are always loaded."

Hector Elizondo, American Actor

Love, God, Fact, Will

41

"Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to."

"Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Experience, Movies, Time, Thought

41

"The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it."

"The world hates us, but the bottom line is we're gonna have to show the world why they hate us by bombing the hell out of some people that have been hurting us. That's all. That's the end of it."

Jimmie Walker, American Actor

People, End, Hate, Hell

41

"Disney was a family film studio. I was supposed to be their young, leading man. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney."

"Disney was a family film studio. I was supposed to be their young, leading man. After they found out I was involved with someone, that was the end of Disney."

Tommy Kirk, American Actor

Family, Disney, End, Film

41

"And in the middle of one of those scenes, I suddenly felt my heart just open: it was overwhelming, to the point where I got teary-eyed. Never would I have thought anything like that could happen in a love scene."

"And in the middle of one of those scenes, I suddenly felt my heart just open: it was overwhelming, to the point where I got teary-eyed. Never would I have thought anything like that could happen in a love scene."

Sheryl Lee, American Actor

Love, Thought, Heart

41

"I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry."

"I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Science, University

41

"I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me."

"I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me."

Patrick Dempsey, American Actor

Love, Wife, Racing, Worry

41

"I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day."

"I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Day, Fool, Order, World

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"Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant."

"Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant."

River Phoenix, American Actor

Children, Clothes, Kids, Names

41

"I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense."

"I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense."

Oded Fehr, Israeli Actor

Life, Hope, Sense, Value

41

"I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go."

"I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Beginning, Career, Learning

41

"I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say."

"I have been in a lot of movies, but none of them are critics' darlings, you might say."

Artie Lange, American Actor

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"I think that episode in the third season was great. I'm really glad that we did that. He got to sleep with Sydney and kill Evil Francie and go on a mission and pretend he's a rock star."

"I think that episode in the third season was great. I'm really glad that we did that. He got to sleep with Sydney and kill Evil Francie and go on a mission and pretend he's a rock star."

Bradley Cooper, American Actor

Evil, Mission, Sleep

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"As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible."

"As I've gone along, I felt like I was discovering an aspect of my voice that I didn't know was there: an ability to interpret a song in a way that makes it more accessible."

Tom Wopat, American Actor

Ability, Song, Voice

41

"One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded."

"One night all the James Brown band was playing on stage and I look in the back and I could see Mick Jagger and Keith Richards trying to get in the club and they couldn't get in cause it was to crowded."

Tommy Chong, Canadian Actor

Cause, Night, Trying

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"What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words."

"What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

People, Mind, Words

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"I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call."

"I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call."

Austin Peck, American Actor

First, Months, Play, Theater

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"If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently."

"If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

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"I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children."

"I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children."

David Soul, American Actor

Opportunity, Children

41

"Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway."

"Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway."

Dom DeLuise, American Actor

Success, Brooks, Friends, Heaven

41

"If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives."

"If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives."

Danny Glover, American Actor

Children, Talk, Tools

41

"I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to make a steady living in, so it's important to have a good family, friends, job and education to fall back on."

"I would suggest maintaining a life and a career outside the Industry. This is a fickle business and a lousy one to make a steady living in, so it's important to have a good family, friends, job and education to fall back on."

Fred Savage, American Actor

Business, Education, Life, Family

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"With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago."

"With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

War, People, Country, Now

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"When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now."

"When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now."

Ed Harris, American Actor

Time, War, Credibility, First

41

"I never go overbudget on my movies."

"I never go overbudget on my movies."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

41

"I wonder why it is, that young men are always cautioned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad girl. It's the good girls men should be warned against."

"I wonder why it is, that young men are always cautioned against bad girls. Anyone can handle a bad girl. It's the good girls men should be warned against."

David Niven, English Actor

Men, Girls, Wonder

41

"For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart."

"For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart."

Michael Caine, English Actor

Education, Heart, Accomplishments

41

"When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that."

"When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that."

Michael Pitt, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Ego

41

"But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible."

"But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

41

"I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see."

"I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see."

Jack Lemon, American Actor

Brother, Friend, Actors, Being

41

"I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in my life, and I'm super happy with how everything's going."

"I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in my life, and I'm super happy with how everything's going."

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

Life, Career, Now

41

"The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack."

"The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Love, Action, Books, Fans

41

"There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort."

"There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

Effort, Media, Want

41

"You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live within the climate that they had then. You have to imagine with the help, obviously, of all the other technicians that are around - the writer, the director, the other actors."

"You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live within the climate that they had then. You have to imagine with the help, obviously, of all the other technicians that are around - the writer, the director, the other actors."

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

Actor, Actors, Climate, Clothes, Help

41

"It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening."

"It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening."

Fred Ward, American Actor

History, Men, Listening, Talk

41

"It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films."

"It would be flattering to call it a modern Dirty Harry, but I think this film deals more with the loss of his wife than the traditional revenge vigilante films."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Wife, Deals, Film, Loss

41

"There was an inquiry just last week about the new Bette Midler show, and I just didn't want to do that."

"There was an inquiry just last week about the new Bette Midler show, and I just didn't want to do that."

Robert Urich, American Actor

41

"There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage."

"There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage."

Christian Slater, American Actor

Soul, End, London

41

"I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation."

"I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

41

"Life is supposed to get tough."

"Life is supposed to get tough."

Kelsey Grammer, American Actor

41

"There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks."

"There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks."

Bob Geldof, Irish Actor

Men, Arguments, Being, Children

41

"My childhood beliefs became so much a part of me that even today I find myself automatically living by a personal standard of conduct which can only be explained as resulting from my religious training."

"My childhood beliefs became so much a part of me that even today I find myself automatically living by a personal standard of conduct which can only be explained as resulting from my religious training."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Belief, Beliefs, Childhood, Living, Religious

41

"Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else?"

"Sometimes I think I'm real predictable to myself and other times... you always wonder, Is this really what I wanted to do? Did I make a mistake? Should I be doing something else?"

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Mistake, Wonder

41

"Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp."

"Star Trek has brought so much of what I want within my grasp."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

41

"It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes."

"It's not about the fame and the money because if you do good work all that stuff comes."

David Cassidy, American Actor

Money, Work, Fame

41

"I joined the PBA way before I should have because I heard a rumor they were going to limit the number of people who could get in."

"I joined the PBA way before I should have because I heard a rumor they were going to limit the number of people who could get in."

Don Johnson, American Actor

41

"When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back."

"When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back."

Jason Patric, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Research, Talk

41

"No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner."

"No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

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