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"I grew up in a family where many of our close friends were gay couples. As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy."

"I grew up in a family where many of our close friends were gay couples. As well as that, every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

Family, Friends, Gay, Man

36

"If you're a young couple when you start out and are both working, trying to raise children, that is tough."

"If you're a young couple when you start out and are both working, trying to raise children, that is tough."

Eric Braeden, American Actor

Children, Trying

36

"My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting."

"My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting."

Armand Assante, American Actor

36

"Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood."

"Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood."

George Takei, American Actor

Family, Father, People, Blood

36

"Taking employment out of the country - now that's taking away jobs. These shows employ a lot of people: production, post-production, music supervisors, camera people. A hundred people or more."

"Taking employment out of the country - now that's taking away jobs. These shows employ a lot of people: production, post-production, music supervisors, camera people. A hundred people or more."

Corbin Bernsen, American Actor

Music, People, Country, Jobs

36

"But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines."

"But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Death, Machines, Now

36

"Whatever kind of movie it is, you're going to be more into it when you care more about the drama, or you'll have a better laugh if you feel like you know the people better."

"Whatever kind of movie it is, you're going to be more into it when you care more about the drama, or you'll have a better laugh if you feel like you know the people better."

Luke Wilson, American Actor

People, Care, Drama

36

"A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear."

"A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Time, People, Fear

36

"I hope that people like us next year like they liked us last year."

"I hope that people like us next year like they liked us last year."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

36

"I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no reason to go through life with my hands tied behind my back for any reason. I'd be foolish to let something stop me from doing what I love to do."

"I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house it's a risk, and I see no reason to go through life with my hands tied behind my back for any reason. I'd be foolish to let something stop me from doing what I love to do."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Life, Love, Time, Mind

36

"I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership."

"I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Father, Son, Career, Film

36

"I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country."

"I didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Time, People, Career, Country

36

"Nowadays they have 12 directors and 15 producers and 30 writers. And all the writers want their lines said a certain way-which isn't necessarily funny. I mean the lines aren't necessarily so funny to begin with."

"Nowadays they have 12 directors and 15 producers and 30 writers. And all the writers want their lines said a certain way-which isn't necessarily funny. I mean the lines aren't necessarily so funny to begin with."

Tim Conway, American Actor

Funny, Want, Writers

36

"I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something."

"I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

Family, Life, Rights, Majority

36

"Face it, I didn't become famous until I took my clothes off."

"Face it, I didn't become famous until I took my clothes off."

Jude Law, British Actor

Clothes, Famous

36

"Stories come from other shows at other studios where only 2,000 rounds were actually used and the money for the other 3,000 went right into the studio pockets. Corners were cut and that production suffered. Knock wood, that hasn't happened to us."

"Stories come from other shows at other studios where only 2,000 rounds were actually used and the money for the other 3,000 went right into the studio pockets. Corners were cut and that production suffered. Knock wood, that hasn't happened to us."

Vic Morrow, American Actor

Money, Production, Right, Wood

36

"I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith."

"I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith."

Ryan Gosling, Canadian Actor

Faith, Life, Character, Hope

36

"I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others."

"I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others."

Richard Chamberlain, American Actor

Religion, God, Conversation, Religious

36

"You read a lot about movies with budgets of $25 to 30 million. Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let 'em piss on me?"

"You read a lot about movies with budgets of $25 to 30 million. Hell, if a studio can piss away that kind of money, why not let 'em piss on me?"

Roy Scheider, American Actor

Movies, Money, Budgets, Hell

36

"I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release."

"I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release."

Naveen Andrews, British Actor

Age, Parents, School, Trouble

36

"At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all."

"At the end of the day, the numbers that we're hearing are not going to be totally correct or not correct at all."

Eugene Levy, Canadian Actor

Day, End, Hearing, Numbers

36

"Kolkata is a great city, has great food and great people. We had some problems finding the kind of old buildings we were looking for, and even handling the crowds, but on the whole it was fun shooting there."

"Kolkata is a great city, has great food and great people. We had some problems finding the kind of old buildings we were looking for, and even handling the crowds, but on the whole it was fun shooting there."

Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor

Food, People, Crowds, Fun

36

"I was the center square on Hollywood Squares for about fifteen weeks."

"I was the center square on Hollywood Squares for about fifteen weeks."

Jerry Mathers, American Actor

36

"I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in."

"I always dreamt of being a basketball player. A dream that only I believed in."

David Duchovny, American Actor

Dream, Basketball, Being

36

"I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower that a ten handicap on my golf game I'd be thrilled."

"I've been writing a lot, I've a few projects I'm trying to finance, I do some acting, I do some directing... Apart from that, if I could get lower that a ten handicap on my golf game I'd be thrilled."

Paul M. Glaser, American Actor

Finance, Acting, Golf, Projects

36

"Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do."

"Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

Thought, Career, Job

36

"I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick."

"I am not an enormous believer in research being the be-all and end-all. I get suspicious when I read about actors spending six months in a clinic, say, in order to play someone who is sick."

John Hurt, British Actor

Actor, Actors, Being, End, Months

36

"I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy, but that never happened. Actors in series didn't have the control that they have today over their jobs."

"I was supposed to have a relationship with Judy, but that never happened. Actors in series didn't have the control that they have today over their jobs."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Control, Actors, Jobs, Today

36

"My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest."

"My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest."

Haley Joel Osment, American Actor

Favorite, Windows

36

"You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented."

"You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented."

John Turturro, American Actor

36

"You see people who are 19 or 20 years old and they don't even know who The Who is. It's like, where have you been? Justin Timberlake? C'mon. Where are the roots?"

"You see people who are 19 or 20 years old and they don't even know who The Who is. It's like, where have you been? Justin Timberlake? C'mon. Where are the roots?"

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

People, Old, Years

36

"I did private study for about a month, five days a week, six hours a day. I came to understand the character in ways that I never would've previous to that. I was so innocent in respect to ways of creating characters."

"I did private study for about a month, five days a week, six hours a day. I came to understand the character in ways that I never would've previous to that. I was so innocent in respect to ways of creating characters."

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Character, Day, Respect, Study

36

"I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power."

"I'm challenged by people like Russell Crowe and Sean Penn who come in with such incredible discipline and power."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

Power, People, Discipline

36

"Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year."

"Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Identity, Right

36

"I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant or anything because I think I can do it myself."

"I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant or anything because I think I can do it myself."

Mark Strong, English Actor

36

"Music is my life."

"Music is my life."

Robert Iler, American Actor

36

"I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time."

"I was in love with this character of Ray Krebbs. I wanted the part badly. I had done several Western films in my career at that point and there wasn't much opportunity then to play Western roles on television at that time."

Steve Kanaly, American Actor

Love, Time, Opportunity, Character

36

"I've been in this business so long, it just doesn't faze me. I know what's going to happen before it happens."

"I've been in this business so long, it just doesn't faze me. I know what's going to happen before it happens."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

36

"I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever."

"I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever."

Vince Vaughn, American Actor

People, Friends, Girls, Sisters

36

"In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years."

"In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years."

Michael Shanks, Canadian Actor

Science, Goals, Fact

36

"If you would be just as content winning a local Golden Gloves fight as you would making a pile of money as a professional, then fine, go become a boxer. But if the whole idea is for you to get rich, my God, stay in school and learn a profession."

"If you would be just as content winning a local Golden Gloves fight as you would making a pile of money as a professional, then fine, go become a boxer. But if the whole idea is for you to get rich, my God, stay in school and learn a profession."

Gerald McRaney, American Actor

Money, God, Idea, Winning

36

"It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy."

"It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy."

Terence Stamp, British Actor

Movies, Fantasy

36

"A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy."

"A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about it?' How would you feel if somebody walked up and started taking your photograph? I don't think you'd be very happy."

Gabriel Byrne, Irish Actor

36

"Often times people complain about the lack of time in television, but I have to say, you don't have any more time to film in feature films then you do in television. It's just a question of how many scenes you'll be doing in the course of a day."

"Often times people complain about the lack of time in television, but I have to say, you don't have any more time to film in feature films then you do in television. It's just a question of how many scenes you'll be doing in the course of a day."

Andre braugher, American Actor

Time, People, Day, Film

36

"I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play."

"I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play."

Sam Neill, Irish Actor

Time, Old, Play, School

36

"Well, you know I have an office, my film offices. So I know that syndrome. I fancy offices, so there must be something wrong with me. Even the window cleaner intrigues me. It's a very sexy environment."

"Well, you know I have an office, my film offices. So I know that syndrome. I fancy offices, so there must be something wrong with me. Even the window cleaner intrigues me. It's a very sexy environment."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

Environment, Fancy, Film, Office

36

"And I fly planes all the time. And helicopters."

"And I fly planes all the time. And helicopters."

Treat Williams, American Actor

36

"Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary."

"Conversation like television set on honeymoon... unnecessary."

Peter Sellers, British Actor

Conversation, Television

36

"Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit."

"Every time I listened to Lux Radio Theatre, I wanted to vomit."

Dick York, American Actor

36

"So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically."

"So many people aren't ready for Hollywood - professionally or practically."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

People, Hollywood

36

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