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"I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked."

"I never say too much about that in public interviews, because it disappoints the public to tell them you're not that crazy about a property you did that possibly they liked."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

Property, Public

64

"One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've played a lot of villains and so forth. I think it had to do with, well one thing is that I looked younger than I was for a long time. Now I think I'm suddenly starting to play people's father."

"One thing that's happened to me is I've been around a long time and I've played a lot of villains and so forth. I think it had to do with, well one thing is that I looked younger than I was for a long time. Now I think I'm suddenly starting to play people's father."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

Time, Father, People, Now

64

"I think it is wrong to spend $4 or $5 million in a campaign."

"I think it is wrong to spend $4 or $5 million in a campaign."

Bill Scott, American Actor

64

"The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted."

"The thing about hearing loss is that no one can see it. Most people are so impatient; they just assume that the person with hearing loss is being rude, or slow-witted."

Marion Ross, American Actor

People, Being, Hearing, Loss

64

"I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it."

"I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Force, Months, Romantic, Years

64

"I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way."

"I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

Work, Certainty, Parents

64

"It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns."

"It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns."

Ryan Reynolds, Canadian Actor

64

"I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism."

"I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism."

Michael York, British Actor

Language, Journalism, Writing

64

"We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine."

"We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine."

Pierce Brosnan, Irish Actor

Children, Environment, World

64

"Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality."

"Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

Personality, Theatre

64

"I did feel Dr. Cox, the character that I was auditioning for, was too similar to the head of the hospital. He was too arrogant and mean. I approached him kind of like I had a miniature Max sitting on my shoulder. I pictured Max saying, "This guy has got to give love every once in a while. He has to!" I knew there had to be tiny little windows of redemption."

"I did feel Dr. Cox, the character that I was auditioning for, was too similar to the head of the hospital. He was too arrogant and mean. I approached him kind of like I had a miniature Max sitting on my shoulder. I pictured Max saying, "This guy has got to give love every once in a while. He has to!" I knew there had to be tiny little windows of redemption."

John C. McGinley, American Actor

Love, Character, Saying, Windows

64

"There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now."

"There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Finance, Financial, Greed, Now

64

"We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes."

"We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes."

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

Funny, People, Want

64

"That's one great thing about my profession, traveling to locations."

"That's one great thing about my profession, traveling to locations."

Dean Stockwell, American Actor

Profession, Traveling

64

"I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing."

"I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing."

Tom Felton, English Actor

64

"If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn."

"If I was born again, I would be able to do any sport because I would have time to learn."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

64

"I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other."

"I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Power, Positive, Care, Energy

64

"Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest."

"Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest."

Jason Biggs, American Actor

64

"Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot."

"Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot."

Jack Klugman, American Actor

Poverty, Privilege

64

"I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting."

"I love David Caruso. I know it's not cool, but I do. I watch CSI: Miami. I think he's interesting."

James Denton, American Actor

64

"There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity."

"There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

64

"Nobody thinks that they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing."

"Nobody thinks that they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing."

Andrew McCarthy, American Actor

64

"It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye."

"It's funny that people think because you don't have a movie or record out, you disappear into a frozen chamber someplace. They think you're dead when you're not in the public eye."

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

Funny, People, Eye, Public

64

"Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do."

"Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Disney, Freedom, Grave, Man

64

"But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs."

"But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Idea, Play, Song, Songs

64

"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."

"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

64

"I've always traveled, as a kid my parents moved me around, a different place in Germany every four years. But I got the travel bug when I was a kid, living in different countries."

"I've always traveled, as a kid my parents moved me around, a different place in Germany every four years. But I got the travel bug when I was a kid, living in different countries."

Dominic Monaghan, Irish Actor

Travel, Countries, Germany, Living

64

"There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love."

"There are four questions of value in life... What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

Love, Life, Dying, Living

64

"But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore."

"But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore."

Jack Bowman, English Actor

Patriotism, Want

64

"Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent."

"Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

Intention, Morals

64

"I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour show. It's a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven."

"I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour show. It's a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

Heaven, July, Spelling, Will

64

"To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving."

"To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

64

"My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together."

"My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Work, Brother, Trying

64

"Wes Craven is a wonderful friend, and we had a really good time together."

"Wes Craven is a wonderful friend, and we had a really good time together."

Henry Winkler, American Actor

64

"Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn't have responded to that either."

"Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn't have responded to that either."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Audience, Audiences, Job, Wrong

64

"It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so I'm pretty excited about that."

"It's just really, really beautiful. Each scene is one long 15 minute take without cutting. My scene is with Robin Wright-Penn so I'm pretty excited about that."

Jason Isaacs, English Actor

64

"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."

"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."

Paul Newman, American Actor

Character, Enemies

64

"On my show, I'm definitely the youngest one. So going from a show where everyone is over 30, to the movie, where everyone was like 20, 25, it was like summer camp."

"On my show, I'm definitely the youngest one. So going from a show where everyone is over 30, to the movie, where everyone was like 20, 25, it was like summer camp."

Marla Sokoloff, American Actor

64

"I've been homeschooling for eight years and have always received the best advice and encouragement from other homeschoolers, rather than a book or lecture."

"I've been homeschooling for eight years and have always received the best advice and encouragement from other homeschoolers, rather than a book or lecture."

Lisa Whelchel, American Actor

Advice, Encouragement, Years

64

"The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers."

"The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers."

William Devane, American Actor

64

"The actual course is called fishery studies, and you study general aquatics and fishery management."

"The actual course is called fishery studies, and you study general aquatics and fishery management."

Tom Felton, English Actor

Management, Study

64

"If we were driving pure hydrogen automobiles, that automobile would actually help clean up the air because the air coming out of the exhaust would be cleaner than the air going into the engine intake."

"If we were driving pure hydrogen automobiles, that automobile would actually help clean up the air because the air coming out of the exhaust would be cleaner than the air going into the engine intake."

Dennis Weaver, American Actor

Automobiles, Driving, Help

64

"There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace."

"There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace."

Lisa Whelchel, American Actor

Childhood, Friends

64

"I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut."

"I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

64

"It's a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now."

"It's a kind of madness in cosmopolitan cities now."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Cities, Madness, Now

64

"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."

"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."

Phil Hartman, Canadian Actor

Career, Choice, Friends

64

"My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain."

"My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain."

Dick York, American Actor

64

"I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself."

"I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Clothes, Projects

64

"I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid."

"I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid."

Robert Wagner, American Actor

64

"Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance."

"Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance."

Harry Dean Stanton, American Actor

Singing, Speech, Voice

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