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"Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble."

"Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble."

Zac Efron, American Actor

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"Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life."

"Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life."

George Arliss, Bosniak Actor

Life, Wisdom, Humility

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"Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me."

"Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me."

Tim Roth, British Actor

Ideas, Reason, Writers

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"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

Jon Lovitz, American Actor

Funny, Character, Being

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"Women have a predestination to suffering."

"Women have a predestination to suffering."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Woman, Women, Suffering

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"Things got so bad that when I went shopping for a house, some people would refuse to open the door if they saw it was me standing there. And drunks would always want to challenge me."

"Things got so bad that when I went shopping for a house, some people would refuse to open the door if they saw it was me standing there. And drunks would always want to challenge me."

Edward G. Robinson, Romanian Actor

People, Challenge, Open, Want

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"Dying is easy; comedy is hard."

"Dying is easy; comedy is hard."

Donald Wolfit, English Actor

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"I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic."

"I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic."

Robert Blake, American Actor

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"I do enjoy working with Ryan although he owes me money."

"I do enjoy working with Ryan although he owes me money."

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

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"Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me."

"Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

Culture, English, Words

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"I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it."

"I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Gambling, Passion, Want, Years

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"I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there."

"I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

Dream, Childhood

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"I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that."

"I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

People, Violence, Years

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"I knew there was something special about the theater for me something beyond the regular reality, something that I could get into and transcend and become something other than myself."

"I knew there was something special about the theater for me something beyond the regular reality, something that I could get into and transcend and become something other than myself."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

Reality, Theater

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"I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable."

"I think part of the problem is the education system doesn't work - it's not accountable."

Luis Guzman, Puerto Rican Actor

Education, Work

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"Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing."

"Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

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"Standing on soil feels so much different than standing on city pavement; it lets you look inward and reflect and see who you really are, while you see a beautiful, unspoiled land as far as the eye can see. It allows your inner life to grow."

"Standing on soil feels so much different than standing on city pavement; it lets you look inward and reflect and see who you really are, while you see a beautiful, unspoiled land as far as the eye can see. It allows your inner life to grow."

Ricardo Montalban, Mexican Actor

Life, Eye, Land

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"Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again."

"Hollywood does not write parts for people like me, an elderly gentleman, and when they find out you're crippled, forget about it. No, I'll never work again."

Ricardo Montalban, Mexican Actor

Work, People, Elderly, Forget

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"Working gets in the way of living."

"Working gets in the way of living."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

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"If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers."

"If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Imagination, Enemy

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"Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting."

"Macbeth is a very popular play with audiences. If you want to sell out a theater, just mount a production of Macbeth. It's a short play, it's an exciting play, it's easy to understand, and it attracts great acting."

Ian McKellen, English Actor

Acting, Audiences, Play, Popular

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"I paint a slice of life, whatever it is that day."

"I paint a slice of life, whatever it is that day."

Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian Actor

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"But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working."

"But I'm not as bad as Al Pacino - he doesn't even know what month it is half the time when he's working."

John Goodman, American Actor

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"This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition."

"This character in the film, these things that he says which sound like advice and wise things, they are very common for Orientals. It's all the tradition."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Character, Advice, Film, Sound

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"This is our lance. See, you're making me laugh about this now, because there have been a few jokes on the set about what they actually look like. But, see, I personally think they'd be a great toy. So... just batteries aren't included."

"This is our lance. See, you're making me laugh about this now, because there have been a few jokes on the set about what they actually look like. But, see, I personally think they'd be a great toy. So... just batteries aren't included."

Kevin Sorbo, American Actor

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"I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that."

"I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

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"I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in."

"I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

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"You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not."

"You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Life, Job, World

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"I have always been a Malibu Man, like all actors."

"I have always been a Malibu Man, like all actors."

Nick Mancuso, Italian Actor

Actor, Actors, Man

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"Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards."

"Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

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"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then."

"Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then."

Larry David, American Actor

People, Army, Today

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"First of all, you look at Rocky films now, and if that isn't a cartoon series there isn't any cartoon series. I mean there's no way anybody is going to take that amount of punishment in fifteen rounds."

"First of all, you look at Rocky films now, and if that isn't a cartoon series there isn't any cartoon series. I mean there's no way anybody is going to take that amount of punishment in fifteen rounds."

Charles S. Dutton, American Actor

First, Now, Punishment

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"I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case."

"I know people who go back and check themselves, but it drives me crazy. Everybody wants to look in the mirror and see Cary Grant looking back at them, but that's just not the case."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

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"I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power."

"I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Power, Fear, Abuse, Police

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"There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs."

"There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs."

Donnie Yen, Chinese Actor

America, Growing up, School

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"Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature."

"Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature."

Robert Redford, American Actor

Nature, Sports, Life, Baseball

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"I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor."

"I don't know what else I could do but pretend to be an actor."

Alec Guinness, English Actor

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"Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."

"Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."

Cary Grant, American Actor

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"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

"I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

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"Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood."

"Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood."

Vic Morrow, American Actor

Actor, Actors, France, Hollywood, Production

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"It makes you realise that people are the same wherever you go."

"It makes you realise that people are the same wherever you go."

Nicholas Lea, Canadian Actor

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"I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life."

"I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life."

Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean Actor

26

"When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman."

"When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman."

Gene Kelly, American Actor

Movies, Time, Man, Woman

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"Why pay $100 on a therapy session when you can spend $25 on a cigar? Whatever it is will come back; so what, smoke another one."

"Why pay $100 on a therapy session when you can spend $25 on a cigar? Whatever it is will come back; so what, smoke another one."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

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"He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has."

"He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Wisdom, Advice, Man, Mind

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"Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth."

"Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

Men, Temper, Worth

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"My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it."

"My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it."

Cillian Murphy, Irish Actor

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"I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you."

"I have no memories I'm prepared to share with you."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

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"I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it."

"I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it."

Franco Nero, Italian Actor

Blood, Drinking, Eating, Wine

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