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"I love the music, I love the times, so to me that was exciting personally just to play something that starts in 1986 with graduating high school, we've got a great soundtrack in the pilot."

"I love the music, I love the times, so to me that was exciting personally just to play something that starts in 1986 with graduating high school, we've got a great soundtrack in the pilot."

Will Estes, American Actor

Love, Music, Play, School

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"It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made love to my records so what I've delivered this time is an album about sex. Pretty much every song has that theme. Straight no chasers, it's booty music!"

"It's about giving the people what they want. So many people have told me that they've made love to my records so what I've delivered this time is an album about sex. Pretty much every song has that theme. Straight no chasers, it's booty music!"

Tyrese Gibson, American Actor

Love, Time, Sex, People

38

"Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself."

"Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself."

Paul Muni, American Actor

38

"After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career."

"After doing this, going away, trying other things and working on other shows, this character, and working within Days of Our Lives, has been one of the most enjoyable experiences in my career."

Matthew Ashford, American Actor

Character, Career, Trying

38

"The DC 9/11: Time of Crisis film was hard to get the part; I had to audition three times. It was very serious and very sobering. We studied and tried to re-create all the stuff that we all saw that day."

"The DC 9/11: Time of Crisis film was hard to get the part; I had to audition three times. It was very serious and very sobering. We studied and tried to re-create all the stuff that we all saw that day."

Timothy Bottoms, American Actor

Time, Crisis, Day, Film

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"Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun."

"Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun."

Tommy Lee Jones, American Actor

Work, Acting, Fun, Hard work

38

"I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep."

"I respect people who can do both careers, like Will Smith and a couple of other people who have done it, but I just don't know when they sleep."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

People, Careers, Respect, Sleep

38

"It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform."

"It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform."

Hal Price, American Actor

Business, Money

38

"I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell."

"I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell."

Matthew Fox, American Actor

Money, Fear, Christian, Greed

38

"I think I was 8 or 9 when I did my first play. It was at a community level, but that's when I knew that this is what I loved doing."

"I think I was 8 or 9 when I did my first play. It was at a community level, but that's when I knew that this is what I loved doing."

Lavrenti Lopes, Indian Actor

Community, First, Play

38

"I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do."

"I often thought I was in the wrong business. I was pretty seriously thinking of tossing it in before I shot Shine. I do not know why. I was pretty restless, I had been through a bad period of stress induced anxiety - panic attacks - and I was not sure of what I wanted to do."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

Business, Thought, Anxiety, Pretty

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"There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them."

"There's only one shot you have at a movie, and that's your best shot. If you can't give it that, don't go. They're paying you! You gotta do a job for them."

Tom Wilkinson, British Actor

38

"My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life."

"My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

38

"I've been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff. It's death. It's meaningless."

"I've been to MTV and all of that worldly stuff. It's death. It's meaningless."

Stephen Baldwin, American Actor

38

"Just five years before that the Russians were our allies."

"Just five years before that the Russians were our allies."

Martin Landau, American Actor

38

"My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work. The foremost thing I would say about working with Robin and Sean is that they were devoted to this project and devoted to their characters. You can't ask for any more from talented actors like that."

"My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work. The foremost thing I would say about working with Robin and Sean is that they were devoted to this project and devoted to their characters. You can't ask for any more from talented actors like that."

Nick Cassavetes, American Actor

Father, Dad, Mom, Work, Actors

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"I know intuitively when the work is right, no training can teach you this, it is simply a matter of feeling."

"I know intuitively when the work is right, no training can teach you this, it is simply a matter of feeling."

Robert Ryan, American Actor

Work, Feeling, Right, Training

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"To have an opportunity to make a movie like Cabin Fever, you have to get stuff thrown on you or you have to fall into a pit of water. It brings you that much closer to your mindset as a character."

"To have an opportunity to make a movie like Cabin Fever, you have to get stuff thrown on you or you have to fall into a pit of water. It brings you that much closer to your mindset as a character."

Rider Strong, American Actor

Opportunity, Character, Water

38

"I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce."

"I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce."

Corbin Bernsen, American Actor

38

"Although a lot of pain for a little screen time; Shaving legs, waxing eyebrows, high heels, trying to put on a bra, losing weight because women's clothes are SO revealing - Ladies you have my respect."

"Although a lot of pain for a little screen time; Shaving legs, waxing eyebrows, high heels, trying to put on a bra, losing weight because women's clothes are SO revealing - Ladies you have my respect."

Lou Diamond Phillips, American Actor

Time, Women, Clothes, Ladies

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"I can't understand why anyone would want nuclear warheads. If you shoot them off, it's not like you can take over that country-all you do is kill millions of people."

"I can't understand why anyone would want nuclear warheads. If you shoot them off, it's not like you can take over that country-all you do is kill millions of people."

Rick Yune, American Actor

People, Country, Want

38

"Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see."

"Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

Movies, Mistake, People, Years

38

"But with writing, all you need is a pad of paper."

"But with writing, all you need is a pad of paper."

Scott Caan, American Actor

38

"Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard."

"Nothing to me feels as good as laughing incredibly hard."

Steve Carell, American Actor

38

"There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am."

"There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am."

Mackenzie Astin, American Actor

Influence, Teachers

38

"I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people."

"I don't like talking about myself. I'm not really interested in myself. One of the good things about being a supporting actor is that you get to talk about other people."

David Morse, American Actor

People, Being, Talk

38

"I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may."

"I think it's my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Attitude, Adventure, Journey, May

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"I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married."

"I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

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"Yet, that's what studios do. If one thing works, they'll keep doing it till it runs its course and people aren't interested anymore."

"Yet, that's what studios do. If one thing works, they'll keep doing it till it runs its course and people aren't interested anymore."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

38

"A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would."

"A policeman, as you discover, has to put up with a hell of a lot of abuse. A man in any other line of work would nail a guy who laid that kind of abuse on him. I know I would."

Kent McCord, American Actor

Work, Abuse, Hell, Man

38

"But I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience."

"But I like all the books. You've got to read them all to get the complete Harry Potter experience."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

Experience, Books

38

"I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships."

"I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships."

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

Childhood, Relationships

38

"My heart goes out to many women that I've met across the country who barely make enough to make a living, and they want to have kids. That's very understandable, but what do you do with the kids?"

"My heart goes out to many women that I've met across the country who barely make enough to make a living, and they want to have kids. That's very understandable, but what do you do with the kids?"

Eric Braeden, American Actor

Woman, Women, Heart, Country, Kids

38

"Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot."

"Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

38

"My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it."

"My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Living, Parents

38

"No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?"

"No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?"

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Challenge, Day, Disappointment

38

"And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me."

"And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Work, Film, Talk, Television

38

"Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material."

"Obviously, if a director doesn't communicative a clear, relevant vision of the material, it will not succeed no matter how good the material."

Tom Skerritt, American Actor

Vision, Succeed, Will

38

"I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old."

"I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Home, Time, First, Months

38

"Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways."

"Every Friday I used to have about fifty, sixty kids who would wait for me on Sunset Boulevard and I'd take them all to dinner. All runaways."

Al Lewis, American Actor

38

"The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do."

"The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought, That's what I want to do."

Michael Caine, English Actor

Thought, First, Want

38

"I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about."

"I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Baby, Babies, Mind

38

"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."

"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

38

"Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of."

"Every day is intense and alive, whether it's travel, work, even down time, which there is so little of."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

Time, Travel, Work, Day

38

"Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance."

"Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance."

Daniel Craig, English Actor

Trust, Balance, Being

38

"It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS."

"It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS."

Bruce Davison, American Actor

People, Dying, Suffering

38

"I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't."

"I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't."

Tom Berenger, American Actor

Thought, Friends

38

"I grew up with the television product being old Western serials like Roy Rogers, and John Wayne and Gary Cooper, and many others were my favorites when I was a young person going to films."

"I grew up with the television product being old Western serials like Roy Rogers, and John Wayne and Gary Cooper, and many others were my favorites when I was a young person going to films."

Steve Kanaly, American Actor

Being, Old, Television

38

"No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that."

"No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that."

Dick Van Dyke, American Actor

Life, People, Relationships

38

"I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho."

"I do all kinds of roles - nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho, nerd, psycho - and occasionally someone kind of normal. It's weird, when I lived in Austin I was always cast as pretty normal people. But when I moved to Los Angeles I was immediately branded a psycho."

John Hawkes, American Actor

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