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"Really, we don't know what to make of it except that we're delighted about it. We have all these fans thirty years later and they're still around and will probably be around for a long time to come."

"Really, we don't know what to make of it except that we're delighted about it. We have all these fans thirty years later and they're still around and will probably be around for a long time to come."

Russell Johnson, American Actor

Time, Fans, Will, Years

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"For me, the desire exists less to get myself a degree than to just go and have the whole college experience, and throw myself into the brain pool and see if I can swim."

"For me, the desire exists less to get myself a degree than to just go and have the whole college experience, and throw myself into the brain pool and see if I can swim."

Joshua Jackson, American Actor

Experience, College, Desire

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"My greatest fear is to be misunderstood."

"My greatest fear is to be misunderstood."

Elliott Gould, American Actor

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"I know what kind of person he is so they can say whatever they want."

"I know what kind of person he is so they can say whatever they want."

Emmanuel Lewis, American Actor

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"A community is a group of people who have come together, and they work and they live to try and improve the standard of living and quality of life - and I don't mean money."

"A community is a group of people who have come together, and they work and they live to try and improve the standard of living and quality of life - and I don't mean money."

William Baldwin, American Actor

Life, Money, Work, Quality

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"This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way."

"This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way."

Jon Voight, American Actor

God, Time, America, Country

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"Shooting this show is pretty intense. You lose your life. But I have no life, so it's perfect!"

"Shooting this show is pretty intense. You lose your life. But I have no life, so it's perfect!"

David Krumholtz, American Actor

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"I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out."

"I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out."

Josh Brolin, American Actor

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"I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit."

"I certainly believe that being in contact with one's spirit and nurturing one's spirit is as important as nurturing one's body and mind. We are three dimensional beings: body, mind, spirit."

Laurence Fishburne, American Actor

Being, Body, Mind, Spirit

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"My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity."

"My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity."

Roberto Benigni, Italian Actor

Mother, Father, Childhood, Humanity

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"I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick."

"I have found that a smile and a stick will carry you through all right, and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is the smile that does the trick."

Robert Powell, British Actor

Right, Smile, Will

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"Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core."

"Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core."

Anthony Rapp, American Actor

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"I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting."

"I have the luxury of being a little boy... To me, the most important thing in life is to be a human being. Second is acting."

Peter Stormare, Swedish Actor

Life, Acting, Being, Luxury

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"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

William S. Hart, American Actor

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"People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized-not just for Bruce Wayne, but for the audience. Inwardly, Bruce Wayne is still an adolescent watching his parents being murdered. That will never leave him. And people really relate to that."

"People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized-not just for Bruce Wayne, but for the audience. Inwardly, Bruce Wayne is still an adolescent watching his parents being murdered. That will never leave him. And people really relate to that."

Kevin Conroy, American Actor

People, Being, Fantasy, Parents

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"In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for."

"In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for."

Elijah Wood, American Actor

Love, Absence, Fighting, Nothing

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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

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"The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience."

"The film is a romance with songs and dances, aimed at a family audience."

Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor

Family, Romance, Film, Songs

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"We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat."

"We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat."

Anthony Head, English Actor

Emotional, Emotions, Talk, Thinking

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"They always lost but he didn't blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all."

"They always lost but he didn't blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all."

Phil Silvers, American Actor

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"They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York."

"They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

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"It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors."

"It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors."

Omar Epps, American Actor

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"In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?"

"In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?"

Jamie Foxx, American Actor

Life, Music, Negative, Positive

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"I think we all have to fight the werewolf within us somehow."

"I think we all have to fight the werewolf within us somehow."

William Kempe, English Actor

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"A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do."

"A brick layer, lays bricks... I'm an Actor, that's what I do."

Michael Chiklis, American Actor

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"If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am."

"If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am."

Peter Sellers, British Actor

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"I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen."

"I think that I've been pigeon-holed by virtue of the fact that I've spent so much time in front of a green screen."

Jonathan Frakes, American Actor

Time, Virtue, Fact

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"I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy approaching various projects in all sort of capacities. Any film I have been able to do I feel very fortunate to have been a part of."

"I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy approaching various projects in all sort of capacities. Any film I have been able to do I feel very fortunate to have been a part of."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

Character, Film, Projects

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"I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point."

"I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point."

Sean Penn, American Actor

Actor, Excitement

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"Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging."

"Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Business, People, Actors, Choices

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"At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people."

"At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people."

Joe Flanigan, American Actor

People, Class, College

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"Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating."

"Well that's the point: People don't normally take away things from films anymore. You go and see a $100 million film, half an hour later, your biggest concern is what are you going to be eating."

Eriq La Salle, American Actor

People, Concern, Eating, Film

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"Whether you like another band's music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us."

"Whether you like another band's music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us."

Adam Rich, American Actor

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"I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion."

"I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion."

Eddie Marsan, English Actor

Movies, Actors, End

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"I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools."

"I'd rather be the king of kids, than the prince of fools."

Jack Black, American Actor

Fool, Fools, Kids

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"But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand."

"But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand."

George C. Scott, American Actor

Career, Careers

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"I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable."

"I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

Thought, People, Fun

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"I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out."

"I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out."

Kent McCord, American Actor

Education, Needs

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"I want to help people with depression understand that there is hope, so that they can get the help they need to live rich, fulfilling lives."

"I want to help people with depression understand that there is hope, so that they can get the help they need to live rich, fulfilling lives."

Tom Bosley, American Actor

People, Hope, Depression, Help

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"In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns."

"In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns."

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

Life, People, Accidents, Day

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"I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time."

"I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time."

Elliott Gould, American Actor

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"You know, I find it so difficult being a... as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the leading members of the cast have a background that they would never expect them to have, and play the show they did."

"You know, I find it so difficult being a... as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the leading members of the cast have a background that they would never expect them to have, and play the show they did."

Werner Klemperer, German Actor

People, Being, Fact, Leading

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"My own favorite is something called Rogue Male."

"My own favorite is something called Rogue Male."

Peter O'Toole, Irish Actor

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"I don't talk about my personal life with the press."

"I don't talk about my personal life with the press."

Topher Grace, American Actor

Life, Press, Talk

32

"The perfect gadget would somehow allow me to fly. Isn't that what everybody wants? It would also cook a damn good microwave pizza. So while in flight you had something to eat - an in-flight meal. Where would I go? Well, nowadays, it would probably just take me to work a lot quicker."

"The perfect gadget would somehow allow me to fly. Isn't that what everybody wants? It would also cook a damn good microwave pizza. So while in flight you had something to eat - an in-flight meal. Where would I go? Well, nowadays, it would probably just take me to work a lot quicker."

John Krasinski, American Actor

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"If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first."

"If you think before you speak the other guy gets his joke in first."

Jimmy Nail, English Actor

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"Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business."

"Ask Mother for advice on breaking into show business."

Jack Davenport, British Actor

Business, Mother, Advice

32

"I didn't want to be an actor."

"I didn't want to be an actor."

James Caviezel, American Actor

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"So I think the fans will be totally interested in the new developments and delighted that the old developments are still there and that they can still see some of the old characters maybe reappear."

"So I think the fans will be totally interested in the new developments and delighted that the old developments are still there and that they can still see some of the old characters maybe reappear."

Andreas Katsulas, American Actor

Fans, Old, Will

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"In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home."

"In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home."

Leslie Banks, British Actor

Home, Mom, Money, Time

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