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"I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do."

"I made a decision that whether or not I was going to make under the national poverty level wasn't going to play a part in whether or not I was an actor. That's what I do."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Decision, Play, Poverty

8

"But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?"

"But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?"

Edgar Bergen, American Actor

8

"This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it."

"This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it."

Stacy Keach, American Actor

8

"If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner."

"If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

8

"The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art."

"The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art."

Jeff Goldblum, American Actor

8

"Tyrone, I think they're taking to festivals. I don't know which festivals it will be at. It's like a buddy picture. It's a couple of guys driving across the country and they get to a small town and they hit a guy. The guy turns out to be a drug smuggler."

"Tyrone, I think they're taking to festivals. I don't know which festivals it will be at. It's like a buddy picture. It's a couple of guys driving across the country and they get to a small town and they hit a guy. The guy turns out to be a drug smuggler."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

Country, Driving, Will

8

"I like to act with people that know what they're doing."

"I like to act with people that know what they're doing."

Ed Harris, American Actor

8

"I can't tell you too much about it because I'm not even meant to tell you that I'm in it. In fact, I might never work again now that I've been talking to you. I'm not in it for very long, let's put it that way."

"I can't tell you too much about it because I'm not even meant to tell you that I'm in it. In fact, I might never work again now that I've been talking to you. I'm not in it for very long, let's put it that way."

Jason Isaacs, English Actor

Work, Fact, Now, Talking

8

"I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night."

"I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Night, Play, Robert Downey, Jr.

8

"Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America, they are the most miserable individuals I've ever seen."

"Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America, they are the most miserable individuals I've ever seen."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

People, America

8

"Through every moment on stage for the first time, I felt like I was finally right where I belonged."

"Through every moment on stage for the first time, I felt like I was finally right where I belonged."

Peter Gallagher, American Actor

Time, First, Right

8

"I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring."

"I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring."

Tom Baker, British Actor

Time, Success, Failure, Disappointment

8

"I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead."

"I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

8

"It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there."

"It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

8

"I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene."

"I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

Movies, Corporate, Now, Right

8

"Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over."

"Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

Control, Acting, Nerves

8

"It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me."

"It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me."

Luke Perry, American Actor

Home, Mother, Christmas, Fans

8

"We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is objectionable to other people. But that is part of a free society."

"We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is objectionable to other people. But that is part of a free society."

Hal Holbrook, American Actor

Society, People, Opportunity, Democracy

8

"I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies."

"I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies."

William H. Macy, American Actor

Movies, Theater

8

"The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time."

"The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time."

John Barrymore, American Actor

Life, Time, Women, Trouble

8

"That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children."

"That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children."

Dwayne Hickman, American Actor

Actor, Childhood, Children, Pressure

8

"When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly not on anything I liked, anyway - and I started to do other things."

"When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly not on anything I liked, anyway - and I started to do other things."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Age, Baby, Old, Self

8

"The whole experience of working on this movie was so fun, and I had more fun working on that than I've had on anything else. I had more fun working than on my days off."

"The whole experience of working on this movie was so fun, and I had more fun working on that than I've had on anything else. I had more fun working than on my days off."

Josh Duhamel, American Actor

Experience, Fun

8

"Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it."

"Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it."

Nicolas Cage, American Actor

8

"You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin."

"You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin."

Tim Roth, British Actor

Dogs, Fiction, Right

8

"A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you."

"A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you."

Will Rogers, American Actor

8

"Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do."

"Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

8

"Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush."

"Nobody is going to be as bad for free thinking, right-minded individuals than George Bush."

David Cross, American Actor

Free thinking, Right

8

"Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you."

"Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it; and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

Life, Past, Will

8

"Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it."

"Tarantino is the coolest damn guy; he's just so much fun to work with. He might be the best director I've ever worked with. He just seems to know how to do it and he knows how to make you feel good about it. He's having so much fun you start having fun. You can't help it."

David Carradine, American Actor

Work, Fun, Help

8

"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

Jimmy Smits, American Actor

Acting, Actors, Minority, Projects

8

"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."

"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."

Danny Thomas, American Actor

Life, Success, Gain, Nothing

8

"If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color."

"If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

Work, Judgment, Question

8

"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."

"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."

Stephen Collins, American Actor

8

"I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers."

"I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Education, Teachers

8

"My father started me singing in church."

"My father started me singing in church."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

Father, Church, Singing

8

"I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right."

"I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right."

Richard Pryor, American Actor

Marriage, Right, Trying

8

"I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me."

"I love the fact that we, as black people, carry our faith with us. We share it and embrace it and love it and talk about it because we talk about everything else and why not that and that was the first impression that I had that really touched me."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

Faith, Love, People, Impression

8

"We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen."

"We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

Men, Sex, Kissing, Pretty

8

"Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!"

"Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!"

James MacArthur, American Actor

8

"As I walk around, I have met 70-year-old women who live on the Upper West Side who love the show. And I met a couple in Kansas - a couple of truck drivers who drove around together - who loved it. It's popular all over the place and definitely in the gay community."

"As I walk around, I have met 70-year-old women who live on the Upper West Side who love the show. And I met a couple in Kansas - a couple of truck drivers who drove around together - who loved it. It's popular all over the place and definitely in the gay community."

Lee Tergesen, American Actor

Love, Women, Community, Gay

8

"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."

"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."

John Bach, Welsh Actor

8

"I've never heard of anybody smoking a joint and going on a rampage. It makes you lie around on the floor and look at the ceiling. What's wrong with that?"

"I've never heard of anybody smoking a joint and going on a rampage. It makes you lie around on the floor and look at the ceiling. What's wrong with that?"

Billy Bob Thornton, American Actor

Lie, Smoking, Wrong

8

"My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing."

"My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

Coach, Drama, Nothing, Old

8

"Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world."

"Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

8

"The idea of the show is that it's active and that children will become involved and watch the show, but also participate in the show. And I didn't know if that would work."

"The idea of the show is that it's active and that children will become involved and watch the show, but also participate in the show. And I didn't know if that would work."

Steve Burns, American Actor

Work, Idea, Children, Will

8

"He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They're grotesques really."

"He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have said, they are cartoons, caricatures. They're grotesques really."

Simon Callow, English Actor

People, Cartoons

8

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

Film, Nudity, Right

8

"I used to comb my hair back and do stupid stuff."

"I used to comb my hair back and do stupid stuff."

Shane West, American Actor

8

"Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?"

"Why is there so much month left at the end of the money?"

John Barrymore, American Actor

8

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