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"I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series."

"I had a very special family life. My mother and father made sure when we were home, we were part of the family, not a TV star. And the other thing: my father was fully employed while I was doing the series."

Jerry Mathers, American Actor

Family, Home, Life, Mother

35

"Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace."

"Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace."

Paul Robeson, American Actor

Peace, Sports, People, Citizenship

35

"The most important thing about my profession is finding the truth, finding the reality of these shows."

"The most important thing about my profession is finding the truth, finding the reality of these shows."

Shuler Hensley, American Actor

Truth, Profession, Reality

35

"The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water."

"The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water."

Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor

Feelings, Feeling, Water

35

"Nobody's ever asked me to pay for a meal before I've eaten it, I've never been pulled over just because I was driving the wrong kind of car in the wrong kind of area at the wrong time of night."

"Nobody's ever asked me to pay for a meal before I've eaten it, I've never been pulled over just because I was driving the wrong kind of car in the wrong kind of area at the wrong time of night."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Car, Time, Driving, Night

35

"I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent."

"I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent."

Cedric Hardwicke, English Actor

God, Talent, Actors, Hollywood

35

"I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy."

"I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy."

David Wenham, Australian Actor

Character, Humanity, Journey, Old

35

"I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed."

"I think that comedy really tells you how it is. The other thing about comedy is that - you don't even know if you're failing in drama, but you do know when you're failing in comedy. When you go to a comedy and you don't hear anybody laughing, you know that you've failed."

Carl Reiner, American Actor

35

"I have not thought too much about the psychology or life of the character Jonas in some time."

"I have not thought too much about the psychology or life of the character Jonas in some time."

Corin Nemec, American Actor

Life, Time, Thought, Character

35

"I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough."

"I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

Car, Life, Accident, Boxing

35

"The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didn't think about it coming along with the job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it."

"The only thing I think I can be accused of about paparazzi is being really naive. I didn't think about it coming along with the job and I never, during my three years at drama school, fantasized about one bit of it."

Paul Bettany, English Actor

Being, Drama, Job, School

34

"It's fun to see a lot of the crowd become embarrassed. You're kind of watching them almost wanting to not watch the screen, but they have to because it's so compelling!"

"It's fun to see a lot of the crowd become embarrassed. You're kind of watching them almost wanting to not watch the screen, but they have to because it's so compelling!"

Will Friedle, American Actor

34

"Most parts that can be played by one actor can equally well be played by another, but not this."

"Most parts that can be played by one actor can equally well be played by another, but not this."

Kenneth More, British Actor

34

"To establish yourself as a leading man, you're shooting for the smallest point on the target, and you get a lot of judgment thrown at you. It takes a lot for them to get past everything and just watch your art and what you're doing."

"To establish yourself as a leading man, you're shooting for the smallest point on the target, and you get a lot of judgment thrown at you. It takes a lot for them to get past everything and just watch your art and what you're doing."

Josh Holloway, American Actor

Art, Judgment, Leading, Man

34

"I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting."

"I think if I were to go back on stage I might be in great danger of acting."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

34

"I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen."

"I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen."

Donald Wolfit, English Actor

34

"But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles."

"But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles."

Anil Kapoor, Indian Actor

34

"Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college."

"Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college."

Treat Williams, American Actor

College, Kids, Silly, Want

34

"They look for the top note to end every song. They don't know what they are singing about. There is no style."

"They look for the top note to end every song. They don't know what they are singing about. There is no style."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

End, Singing, Song, Style

34

"My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager."

"My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager."

Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor

Father, Dad, Time, Parents, Past

34

"At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything."

"At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything."

Larry Hagman, American Actor

Time, Television, Want, Years

34

"This was more of a cartoonish thing for me and it kind of took me back to SCTV, in a way, where the characters are just a little broader and you can have that kind of fun going a little over the edge."

"This was more of a cartoonish thing for me and it kind of took me back to SCTV, in a way, where the characters are just a little broader and you can have that kind of fun going a little over the edge."

Eugene Levy, Canadian Actor

34

"I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee."

"I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee."

Brandon Lee, American Actor

34

"Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do."

"Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

34

"They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well."

"They weren't great pictures, but they were fun, and they really represented that period of time well."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

34

"Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something."

"Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something."

David James Elliott, Canadian Actor

People, Learning

34

"Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there."

"Delhi is my emotional home. I still dream of owning a home there."

Kabir Bedi, Indian Actor

34

"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

Cuba Gooding, Jr., American Actor

Car, Being, Job, School

34

"I love playing other people's work. I love acting."

"I love playing other people's work. I love acting."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

Love, Work, People, Acting

34

"Yes, but I don't think of the Teen Angel as of an age."

"Yes, but I don't think of the Teen Angel as of an age."

Frankie Avalon, American Actor

34

"It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago."

"It's hard to watch something you've done many years ago."

William Sanderson, American Actor

34

"But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story."

"But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can be remade because they're great stories that aren't indelible in an audience's mind when it comes to both the cast and the story."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

34

"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"

"For me, college wasn't a breeze. I had 8 o'clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I'd troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!"

Henry Fonda, American Actor

34

"We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a God in our lives."

"We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a God in our lives."

Fred Melamed, American Actor

34

"I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff."

"I wanted to do everything. I wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to be a secret agent. I wanted to be a fireman and a doctor, all that. So I related that through movies and stuff."

Josh Holloway, American Actor

34

"The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here."

"The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here."

Kabir Bedi, Indian Actor

34

"Harvey never had an original idea or thought in his life. I was out wandering around the country doing charity benefits, mainly, when I asked him to come along."

"Harvey never had an original idea or thought in his life. I was out wandering around the country doing charity benefits, mainly, when I asked him to come along."

Tim Conway, American Actor

Life, Thought, Idea, Benefits

34

"I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth."

"I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Art, Business, Money, Truth

34

"It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on."

"It would have to be connected with performance art somehow, either in the front of the house or the back. I was myopic about this from fourth grade on."

James Marsters, American Actor

Art, Performance

34

"Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach."

"Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

34

"When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street."

"When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Acting, College, Friends, Law

34

"All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on."

"All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

34

"It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly."

"It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly."

Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish Actor

34

"When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do."

"When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do."

Patrick Swayze, American Actor

34

"You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he's not your biological father."

"You can love someone like your son, even if he's not your biological son, and you can love someone like your father, even if he's not your biological father."

Oliver Hudson, American Actor

Love, Father, Son

34

"Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not."

"Many people think that depression is something you just have to live with when you get older, but it's not."

Tom Bosley, American Actor

People, Depression

34

"If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do."

"If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do."

Peter Sarsgaard, American Actor

34

"It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being."

"It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Acting, Being, Consciousness, Spirit

34

"I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy."

"I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy."

Michael Dorn, American Actor

34

"I believed totally in the possibilities implied in the series. I never thought of it as fantasy. Far from it."

"I believed totally in the possibilities implied in the series. I never thought of it as fantasy. Far from it."

Patrick Troughton, British Actor

Thought, Fantasy, Possibilities

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