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"I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person."
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Dominic Monaghan
"I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person."
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"I like to use all of myself, and acting wasn't doing that."
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Stanley Tucci
"I like to use all of myself, and acting wasn't doing that."
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"I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it."
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Chris Cooper
"I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it."
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"I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place."
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Joe Mantegna
"I did plays and movies and whatever all over the place."
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"Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke."
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Alex Winter
"Same thing, like my commercials are often times really funny because I tend to find 30 seconds is a really good amount of time to tell a joke."
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"I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large."
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Tim Robbins
"I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large."
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"I'm like the universe; either expanding or contracting at any given moment. The most that I had put on was about 35, 36 pounds, and I've taken all of that off."
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Sean Astin
"I'm like the universe; either expanding or contracting at any given moment. The most that I had put on was about 35, 36 pounds, and I've taken all of that off."
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"How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand."
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Gary Oldman
"How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand."
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"I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable."
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David Schwimmer
"I like to grow as an actor, and you can do that by playing parts that are unfamiliar to you and uncomfortable."
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"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."
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Kieran Culkin
"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."
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"Never let yesterday use up too much of today."
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Will Rogers
"Never let yesterday use up too much of today."
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"I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy."
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Walter Matthau
"I wanted to be a pharmacist. I liked the way our local pharmacist was always dressed in a nice white coat; he looked very calm, you'd give him money, and he'd give you something that you wanted to buy."
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"I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week."
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Tony Shalhoub
"I come from a really big family, my father was a businessman and what he always instilled in us was to be your own boss. My father built up his business, and he was by no means a rich man, but he figured out how to work four-and-a-half days a week."
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"People said, That's great for your career, but what have you done? I kept feeling I had to defend myself."
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Skeet Ulrich
"People said, That's great for your career, but what have you done? I kept feeling I had to defend myself."
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"When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor."
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William H. Macy
"When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor."
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"Being a kid and growing up is such a cool part of life."
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Devon Werkheiser
"Being a kid and growing up is such a cool part of life."
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"Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue."
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Terrence Howard
"Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue."
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"The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny."
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Jason Alexander
"The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny."
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"I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men."
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Danny Glover
"I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men."
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"So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that could."
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Blair Underwood
"So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that could."
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"I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all."
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Tom Hanks
"I will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what. It's material, that's all."
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"I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me."
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Eric Bogosian
"I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me."
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"I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness."
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Conrad Veidt
"I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness."
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"I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck."
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Ernest Borgnine
"I got a job immediately after leaving high school; I was lucky - three dollars a week and all I could eat, working on a vegetable truck."
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"A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can."
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Jeff Bridges
"A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other great make-believers, all making believe as hard as they can."
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"Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete retard when it comes to swearing. The script called for him to swear for about 30 seconds and he just couldn't do it."
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Jason Bateman
"Tony Hale is a devout Christian and is a complete retard when it comes to swearing. The script called for him to swear for about 30 seconds and he just couldn't do it."
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"So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me."
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Terrence Howard
"So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me."
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"Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long time and then come back and do, in a sense, one of the biggest scenes that each character had."
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Dustin Hoffman
"Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long time and then come back and do, in a sense, one of the biggest scenes that each character had."
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"You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood."
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Tom Selleck
"You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood."
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"Acting is acting."
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Brent Spiner
"Acting is acting."
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"I wanted to go to regular high school - it looked like a lot of fun."
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Tommy Rettig
"I wanted to go to regular high school - it looked like a lot of fun."
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"We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day."
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Robert Redford
"We program the festival, after 20 years, exactly the way we did on the first day."
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"I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good."
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James McAvoy
"I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good."
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"I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined."
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Bob Geldof
"I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined."
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"There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart."
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Michael Shanks
"There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart."
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"I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to work in the theatre where there is some intelligence involved in it."
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Jeffrey Jones
"I've gotten to go wonderful places, meet interesting and intelligent people, and I started of course in the theatre and continue to work in the theatre where there is some intelligence involved in it."
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"The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake."
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Klaus Kinski
"The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake."
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"I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life."
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Sean Astin
"I don't want to play the fat guy or the friend for the rest of my life."
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"I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing."
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Gregory Harrison
"I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing."
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"My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think."
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Josh Lucas
"My nomadic childhood dramatically fed my eventual decision to be an actor, but not in the way you might think."
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"I hate golf. I do not understand how anyone can enjoy it, much less love it."
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Jay Mohr
"I hate golf. I do not understand how anyone can enjoy it, much less love it."
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"Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it."
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Aidan Quinn
"Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it."
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"Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world."
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Wayne Rogers
"Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world."
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"The whole industry is so screwed up by economics. It's disgusting to me."
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Armand Assante
"The whole industry is so screwed up by economics. It's disgusting to me."
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"I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course."
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Stacy Keach
"I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course."
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"We felt like we just got surrounded by this community of friends."
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Scott Wolf
"We felt like we just got surrounded by this community of friends."
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"Art should offend people because art should challenge people."
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Eriq La Salle
"Art should offend people because art should challenge people."
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"Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy."
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Mark Harmon
"Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy."
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"I keep waiting for the roof to cave in. I was raised to follow the Golden Rule, you know, treat people the way you wish to be treated. That's kind of the way I live my life. Maybe someone up there likes me for that."
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Matt LeBlanc
"I keep waiting for the roof to cave in. I was raised to follow the Golden Rule, you know, treat people the way you wish to be treated. That's kind of the way I live my life. Maybe someone up there likes me for that."
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"You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last."
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Milo Ventimiglia
"You have to pay attention to the work on the page and make it as good as possible because it could be your last."
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