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Quotes by Actor

"Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies."

"There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag."

"I think we're really - we're doing a really great job doing our show, and other shows are doing a great job doing theirs, and we'll just see what people have to say."

"I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person."

"Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on."

"Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?"

"That may be a factor because we are the older show; we have been on the air for a while. Is it our day? Is it time to hang it up? But it seems that the show still continues, and we still enjoy being here. And that's a very important element."

"The good parts are the people who don't make do. They're the interesting people. Lear doesn't make do."

"Oh, there's tons of resentment. That's normal. I can't control that, and I don't worry about it."


"And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need."

"Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job."


"When you're starting out as an actor, there isn't much food around. I was lucky to have a hit pretty early on. I didn't starve too long."

"Our music, you either get it or you don't. There's no middle ground."


"Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business."

"I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director."


"I'm guess I'm up to about 70% of normal, which is a real relief. My doctor gave me clearance to go out in public again, so I've been able to go to the store and help out a little bit around the house."

"When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way."

"I was 20, I was an amateur from 14 but my first professional role was at 22."

"I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination."

"You couldn't take football away from me, you couldn't take acting away from me."

"I enjoyed my grandparents very much. My mother and father would always allow me to stay with them."

"Show business is just like high school, except you get paid."


"The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got."


"It doesn't need to be a number one show, it just needs to be good."

"They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over."

"What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb."
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