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"Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems."
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Michael J. Tucker
"Forget your enemies. It's your friends you frustrate that cause all the problems."
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"My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that."
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Hugh Jackman
"My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that."
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"Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks."
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Samuel West
"Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks."
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"I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff."
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Joseph Fiennes
"I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff."
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"I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable."
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Brad Garrett
"I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable."
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"It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill."
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Kelsey Grammer
"It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill."
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"I loved Old School. I thought Old School was very different than a lot of the comedies that had come out. And that character I liked. I tried to ground him very much in reality and play him very much finding things important to him that are somewhat ridiculous."
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Vince Vaughn
"I loved Old School. I thought Old School was very different than a lot of the comedies that had come out. And that character I liked. I tried to ground him very much in reality and play him very much finding things important to him that are somewhat ridiculous."
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"You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice."
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Will Friedle
"You have to contort your body in a certain way to hit a low note. When you're on film, you can't. So you do, in a sense, get to hide behind your voice, which is nice."
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"Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge."
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Richard E. Grant
"Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge."
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"I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time."
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Keir Dullea
"I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time."
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"I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood."
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Tyler Perry
"I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood."
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"Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting."
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George Sanders
"Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting."
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"This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all."
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Jon Voight
"This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all."
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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
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Christopher Reeve
"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
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"I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now."
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Harry Hamlin
"I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now."
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"A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible."
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William Baldwin
"A strong economy causes an increase in the demand for housing; the increased demand for housing drives real-estate prices and rentals through the roof. And then affordable housing becomes completely inaccessible."
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"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius."
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James Rado
"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius."
Age,
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"Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene."
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Cedric Hardwicke
"Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene."
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"But, you know, I'd be happy just making music."
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John Lurie
"But, you know, I'd be happy just making music."
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"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."
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Jimmy Dean
"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."
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"I only went a year to high school. I should have been in high school, but I was in a band, and when you're successful doing that - well, you aren't too likely to go back."
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Peter Noone
"I only went a year to high school. I should have been in high school, but I was in a band, and when you're successful doing that - well, you aren't too likely to go back."
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"Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving."
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Eriq La Salle
"Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving."
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"Asylum was good exposure for me and it is still shown quite often on television. I remember the special effects people had fun making a little doll that looked like me - which is not so easy - and it had to move along the floor."
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Herbert Lom
"Asylum was good exposure for me and it is still shown quite often on television. I remember the special effects people had fun making a little doll that looked like me - which is not so easy - and it had to move along the floor."
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"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."
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John Travolta
"It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time."
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"When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to expect. I don't mind a little bit of anonymity; it helps on the subway."
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Hugh Jackman
"When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to expect. I don't mind a little bit of anonymity; it helps on the subway."
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"I walk into rooms and I don't know why I'm there. I'm like, 'Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?'"
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Matthew Broderick
"I walk into rooms and I don't know why I'm there. I'm like, 'Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?'"
Now,
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"Eventually I lost the idea that I could have a career. I thought I was too old."
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Dixie Carter
"Eventually I lost the idea that I could have a career. I thought I was too old."
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"I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time."
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Eriq La Salle
"I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time."
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"Those are the men who will dance at your wedding."
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Guy Madison
"Those are the men who will dance at your wedding."
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"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
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Danny Thomas
"All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."
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"I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one."
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Anthony Daniels
"I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one."
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"I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans."
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Adam Baldwin
"I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the party, if you will. I hope I can bring some laughs and grimaces to the fans."
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"For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it."
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Ron Moody
"For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it."
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"It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama."
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Sean Penn
"It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama."
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"I think space will be conquered through the mind rather than the clumsy medium of space travel."
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Patrick Troughton
"I think space will be conquered through the mind rather than the clumsy medium of space travel."
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"I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus."
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James Caviezel
"I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus."
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"Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work."
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Rob Lowe
"Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work."
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"If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!"
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Dwayne Hickman
"If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!"
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"It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end."
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Glenn Ford
"It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end."
End,
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"We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them."
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Christopher Reeve
"We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them."
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"I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win."
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Matthew McConaughey
"I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win."
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"It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie."
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David Thewlis
"It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie."
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"My first sex scene - and it was with myself."
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Judge Reinhold
"My first sex scene - and it was with myself."
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"When I was twenty-two it was a lot harder to get hurt by women. It was easier for me to, you know, cheat on a girlfriend. I can't lie like that anymore."
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Matt Dillon
"When I was twenty-two it was a lot harder to get hurt by women. It was easier for me to, you know, cheat on a girlfriend. I can't lie like that anymore."
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"I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever."
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Colin Baker
"I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever."
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"And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him."
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John Travolta
"And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him."
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"People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me."
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Adam Garcia
"People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me."
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"The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional."
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James Cromwell
"The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional."
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"It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that."
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Garry Marshall
"It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that."
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"I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act."
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Paul Muni
"I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act."
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