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"Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Actors that came up in the '50s and '60s, they had the theater, and television was in its infancy."

"Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a training ground for me. Actors that came up in the '50s and '60s, they had the theater, and television was in its infancy."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Career, Television, Theater

34

"I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?"

"I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?"

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Baby, Babies, Walking

34

"Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word."

"Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word."

Laurence Olivier, English Actor

Love, Time, Sacrifice, Disappointment

34

"One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer."

"One of the perks of being an actor is to get to meet athletes that you respect. Especially who played before my time. Brooks Robinson is one of those athletes; they just don't make them any nicer."

Josh Charles, American Actor

Time, Athletes, Being

34

"It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character."

"It could be a great script but the director is not the right person for me to work for at this time. So there are a lot of elements that come into play and a lot of variables, but more than anything it's got to be a great script and a great character."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Work, Time, Character, Play

34

"I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work."

"I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work."

Verne Troyer, American Actor

34

"Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle."

"Hollywood is a place where the stars twinkle until they wrinkle."

Victor Mature, American Actor

Hollywood, Stars

34

"I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public."

"I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Life, People, Being, Crowds

34

"Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors."

"Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors."

Gene Hackman, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Pretty

34

"I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor."

"I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor."

Charles Dance, English Actor

34

"I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck."

"I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck."

Ron Perlman, American Actor

Business, Work, Humanity, Interest

34

"I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press."

"I have, on the other hand, felt ill will from various people in the industry and the press."

Rob Lowe, American Actor

People, Press, Will

34

"There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care."

"There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don't care."

Adam Brody, American Actor

Care, Conversation, Talking

34

"Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back."

"Maybe once in a while, you know, after a hard day of shooting or something like that, I'd kick back."

Tommy Chong, Canadian Actor

34

"It seems that the small movies are a little more risky and cutting-edge. You've got your big commerce and you've got your small films that you're more passionate about."

"It seems that the small movies are a little more risky and cutting-edge. You've got your big commerce and you've got your small films that you're more passionate about."

Robert Patrick, American Actor

Movies, Commerce

34

"I now want to be playing parts more interesting to me and more exciting to me."

"I now want to be playing parts more interesting to me and more exciting to me."

Frank Langella, American Actor

34

"I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it."

"I'm going to continue doing what I want to do. And if it means I want to go and make a big movie, if it has something to say, I will want to make it. I don't want to spend my life wasting my time. If it's a big movie, I want to do it. If it's a small movie, I want to do it."

Jake Gyllenhaal, American Actor

Life, Time, Want, Will

34

"I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life."

"I've learned, I think, to be able to distinguish between the necessary and the unnecessary as far as my limited outside time is concerned. Saying "no" politely is a necessity if one wants to lead any kind of stable life."

Richard Chamberlain, American Actor

Life, Time, Necessity, Saying

34

"I think a performer should do his work and then shut up."

"I think a performer should do his work and then shut up."

Richard Widmark, American Actor

34

"I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially."

"I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially."

Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor

34

"You have to remember when we were going once a month, we were putting out issues that were 480 pages, and people were complaining that these were too big, I can't get through a 480 page magazine every month."

"You have to remember when we were going once a month, we were putting out issues that were 480 pages, and people were complaining that these were too big, I can't get through a 480 page magazine every month."

James Daly, American Actor

People, Complaining

34

"I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years."

"I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years."

Patrick Troughton, British Actor

34

"Working with my new coach has helped a lot. I've been a lot more focused and I'm doing all the little things in order to get faster. It's been a total lifestyle change really."

"Working with my new coach has helped a lot. I've been a lot more focused and I'm doing all the little things in order to get faster. It's been a total lifestyle change really."

Tyler Christopher, American Actor

Change, Coach, Order

34

"You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."

"You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."

Chill Wills, American Actor

34

"Also, if you're in a TV show that does turn out to be very successful, you then can do whatever you want to do in theater for a very long time."

"Also, if you're in a TV show that does turn out to be very successful, you then can do whatever you want to do in theater for a very long time."

Treat Williams, American Actor

Time, Successful, Theater, Want

34

"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back."

"College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back."

Ossie Davis, American Actor

34

"I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in."

"I applied to American Repertory School up at Harvard at got in."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

American, School

34

"One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake."

"One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake."

Takeshi Kitano, Japanese Actor

34

"In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us."

"In California, of all places, entertainment is the key to a vibrant economy. If we do not develop young adults capable of entering that world, the financial base of this state is sure to suffer and impact all of us."

David Cassidy, American Actor

Finance, Financial, Economy, Entertainment, Key

34

"Well, I've got two small children and this is a very important time for me to be around them."

"Well, I've got two small children and this is a very important time for me to be around them."

Treat Williams, American Actor

34

"I've had affairs. But I'm not the sort of man who has 10,000 affairs."

"I've had affairs. But I'm not the sort of man who has 10,000 affairs."

Gerard Depardieu, French Actor

34

"There's always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live."

"There's always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live."

Rip Torn, American Actor

History, America, Difference

34

"I see the Internet as the next big deal - I wanted to get in on it early on so I wouldn't get behind it all."

"I see the Internet as the next big deal - I wanted to get in on it early on so I wouldn't get behind it all."

Bruce Campbell, American Actor

34

"As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges."

"As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges."

Wilmer Valderrama, American Actor

34

"They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money."

"They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money."

Adam Garcia, Australian Actor

Love, Money, Movies, Hollywood

34

"When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13."

"When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13."

Eddie Marsan, English Actor

Father, Dad, Man, Parents

34

"I experienced a lot, and achieved nearly everything I wanted. I can enjoy that today. Go to bed at nine in the evening, because my child wakes up around seven, without having the feeling that I missed or are missing something."

"I experienced a lot, and achieved nearly everything I wanted. I can enjoy that today. Go to bed at nine in the evening, because my child wakes up around seven, without having the feeling that I missed or are missing something."

Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor

Bed, Evening, Feeling, Today

34

"I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy."

"I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy."

Gary Lockwood, American Actor

34

"1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too."

"1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too."

Leon Askin, Austrian Actor

Art, Science, Parents, Reason

34

"I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do."

"I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do."

Oded Fehr, Israeli Actor

People, Difference, Job, Thinking

34

"Why don't you put that in the headline: 'He Only Did Three With Doris!' Set a lot of people straight."

"Why don't you put that in the headline: 'He Only Did Three With Doris!' Set a lot of people straight."

Rock Hudson, American Actor

34

"I used to do this as a kid. And now they're paying me for it, which is cool."

"I used to do this as a kid. And now they're paying me for it, which is cool."

William Kempe, English Actor

34

"I don't need somebody behind a desk to tell me what a marketing survey says is funny. I got 3 million miles and 70,000 tickets sold, telling me that I know how to make people laugh."

"I don't need somebody behind a desk to tell me what a marketing survey says is funny. I got 3 million miles and 70,000 tickets sold, telling me that I know how to make people laugh."

D. L. Hughley, American Actor

Funny, People, Marketing

34

"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."

"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

Actor, Racing, World

34

"I've been doing this for seven and a half years. I've been just bustin' it, trying to break in as an artist in this business. For me, it's still just about the work. I get the scripts and I'm all about that. I don't really even have an idea what that's going to be like."

"I've been doing this for seven and a half years. I've been just bustin' it, trying to break in as an artist in this business. For me, it's still just about the work. I get the scripts and I'm all about that. I don't really even have an idea what that's going to be like."

Josh Holloway, American Actor

Business, Work, Idea, Artist

34

"It gives us a look into a world that's very much like 'Traffic' was for drugs, this movie is for gun running. Dark at times, but I think Nic Cage is an incredible person to watch and very entertaining."

"It gives us a look into a world that's very much like 'Traffic' was for drugs, this movie is for gun running. Dark at times, but I think Nic Cage is an incredible person to watch and very entertaining."

Jared Leto, American Actor

Drugs, Running, World

34

"Even though I was concentrating on that two-week period from September 11th to September 20th, I was seeing the policy for real, happening, that we were talking about in the film."

"Even though I was concentrating on that two-week period from September 11th to September 20th, I was seeing the policy for real, happening, that we were talking about in the film."

Timothy Bottoms, American Actor

Policy, Film, Talking

34

"As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go."

"As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go."

Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor

People, First, Friends, Pretty

34

"It's fun to play people who are flawed."

"It's fun to play people who are flawed."

Brad Garrett, American Actor

People, Fun, Play

34

"I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow."

"I think if you play a character that is fearless, then it's boring. I think that's what was so incredible about Harrison Ford, is that he always seemed like he was never going to survive it, he's always scared, and yet he always does survive it somehow."

Oded Fehr, Israeli Actor

Character, Play

34

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