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Quotes by Actor

"It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it."
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Jason Marsden
"It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it."
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"I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were."
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Robert Englund
"I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were."
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"I do like any kind of project that has both comedy and drama in it because in life you don't have one day where everything is funny then the next day everything is dramatic."
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Topher Grace
"I do like any kind of project that has both comedy and drama in it because in life you don't have one day where everything is funny then the next day everything is dramatic."
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"I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood."
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Eddie Bracken
"I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood."
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"Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it."
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Jack Wagner
"Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it."
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"I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film."
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Kabir Bedi
"I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film."
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"Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease."
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David Hyde Pierce
"Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease."
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"Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars."
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Rob Paulsen
"Just because there are celebrities in a movie, it doesn't mean anything. I don't think The Ant Bully did all that well the first week at the box office. Compare the movies that have a lot of celebrities with the Jimmy Neutron movie, which had no celebrity voices and grossed almost one hundred million dollars."
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"I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable."
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Leonard Nimoy
"I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable."
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"Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world."
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Lionel Barrymore
"Hollywood is tied hand and foot to the demands for artificiality of the masses all over the world."
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"When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move."
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Michael Douglas
"When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move."
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"There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever was not exactly a brand new idea."
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Peter Noone
"There's an element of tongue-in-cheek in every one of our songs. Walking off into the sunset, holding hands, and being married forever was not exactly a brand new idea."
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"I'm really an actor first. I'd love to do more straight plays."
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Shuler Hensley
"I'm really an actor first. I'd love to do more straight plays."
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"A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person."
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Eric Braeden
"A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person."
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"Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up."
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Alan Ladd
"Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up."
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"I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work."
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Emilio Estevez
"I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work."
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"My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business."
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Ron Moody
"My training was that you fill in the canvas where it needs colour and polishing. You start with the words on the first night and keep adding bits of business."
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"You've seen how they make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen just pretending to be jumping around."
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Rider Strong
"You've seen how they make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen just pretending to be jumping around."
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"I don't know if it's a romantic comedy but I'm in the beginning of the first of the season of "The West Wing." We shot it last year. I don't know. If anyone asks me to be in one, I'll jump on it."
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Jason Isaacs
"I don't know if it's a romantic comedy but I'm in the beginning of the first of the season of "The West Wing." We shot it last year. I don't know. If anyone asks me to be in one, I'll jump on it."
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"There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them."
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Larry Hagman
"There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them."
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"I don't do stunts and I don't think many actors do. For an actor to say they do their own stunts I don't think is very respectful of the profession of stunt men and women."
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Nick Stahl
"I don't do stunts and I don't think many actors do. For an actor to say they do their own stunts I don't think is very respectful of the profession of stunt men and women."
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"But I had no idea that they were going to pull the plug so quickly."
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David Selby
"But I had no idea that they were going to pull the plug so quickly."
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"I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance."
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Jon Favreau
"I was the worst extra, I was 'that' guy. I was the guy on the phone trying to get the Oscar for best extra - for best background performance."
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"Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance."
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David Thewlis
"Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance."
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"I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern."
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Brent Spiner
"I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern."
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"But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain't that far off."
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Eriq La Salle
"But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain't that far off."
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"It is a Modern day, and these times need Modern solutions to Modern problems."
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Corin Nemec
"It is a Modern day, and these times need Modern solutions to Modern problems."
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"Temperamentally, Sam and I are very much alike. He's a lawyer, my father's a lawyer, and I always wanted to play one. On so many levels the role just felt right. I fell in love with it as I would a woman."
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Rob Lowe
"Temperamentally, Sam and I are very much alike. He's a lawyer, my father's a lawyer, and I always wanted to play one. On so many levels the role just felt right. I fell in love with it as I would a woman."
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"I gave away two dogs years ago because I felt guilty at not being able to give them the time and attention they deserved. I now regularly feed an army of squirrels and wild birds around our house."
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Mike Farrell
"I gave away two dogs years ago because I felt guilty at not being able to give them the time and attention they deserved. I now regularly feed an army of squirrels and wild birds around our house."
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"I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that's a philosophy then that's my philosophy."
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Chad Michael Murray
"I just want to be healthy and happy. I don't want to hurt anybody or make them mad. If that's a philosophy then that's my philosophy."
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"There comes a point in your life when you realize how quickly time goes by, and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe."
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Michael Keaton
"There comes a point in your life when you realize how quickly time goes by, and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe."
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"In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday."
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Edward Albert
"In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday."
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"Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!"
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
"Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!"
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"They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind."
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Michael Rosenbaum
"They asked me why I was wearing heels, and I said, I'm trying to hide my ass. They gave me a prosthetic behind."
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"If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it."
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Stan Laurel
"If you had a face like mine, you'd punch me right on the nose, and I'm just the fella to do it."
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"I can think of some things that would be fun, but I'm living my dreams."
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Mike Farrell
"I can think of some things that would be fun, but I'm living my dreams."
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"I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer."
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Chiwetel Ejiofor
"I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer."
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"You can get digital technology that almost is film quality, and go make little films and do everything you can to find a little understanding of your own voice and it will grow - Don't take no for an answer - Take every opportunity you can to do something."
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Jon Voight
"You can get digital technology that almost is film quality, and go make little films and do everything you can to find a little understanding of your own voice and it will grow - Don't take no for an answer - Take every opportunity you can to do something."
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"I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself."
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Joe Flanigan
"I wasn't a big science fiction aficionado, there were a few films like 2001 or Blade Runner that were favorites of mine, but since I started this series I have gained more respect for the genre and become more of a fan myself."
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"California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands."
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Paul Mazursky
"California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands."
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"I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with."
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Armand Assante
"I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with."
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"There's three things men always talk about - women, sports, and cars."
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Mario Lopez
"There's three things men always talk about - women, sports, and cars."
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"What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is the mothers know they don't have to worry about sexual innuendo in the songs. The shows are family shows."
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Peter Noone
"What's really fun is seeing mothers bringing their daughters to the shows. And the best part is the mothers know they don't have to worry about sexual innuendo in the songs. The shows are family shows."
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"Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do."
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Joe Flanigan
"Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do."
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"I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far."
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John Ratzenberger
"I'd never been to acting school, so I never thought I'd get this far."
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"All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic."
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Will Friedle
"All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic."
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"I am a Westerner. We're not going to change the West by going East. The East has a lot to teach us, but essentially it's like a mirror, saying, hey, can't you see what's here in your own religion, what are you, stupid?"
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Matthew Fox
"I am a Westerner. We're not going to change the West by going East. The East has a lot to teach us, but essentially it's like a mirror, saying, hey, can't you see what's here in your own religion, what are you, stupid?"
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"Labels are for cans, not people."
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Anthony Rapp
"Labels are for cans, not people."
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"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."
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Steven Berkoff
"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."
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"I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic."
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Mario Lopez
"I like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic."
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