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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."

"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."

Paul Muni, American Actor

Act, Actors, Want

31

"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."

"Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me."

Colin Farrell, Irish Actor

31

"I like girls who don't mind that I hang out with my friends."

"I like girls who don't mind that I hang out with my friends."

Michael Rosenbaum, American Actor

Friendship, Friends, Girls, Mind

31

"I'm a method actor."

"I'm a method actor."

Seann William Scott, American Actor

31

"I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical."

"I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical."

Thomas Jane, American Actor

Pretty, Respect

31

"It's a treat to portray a complex character. Besides... where else could I find a job where emotional outbursts and odd exclamations like 'Egad!', 'Narf!', 'Poit!', 'Splonk!' and 'Zort!' are allowed?"

"It's a treat to portray a complex character. Besides... where else could I find a job where emotional outbursts and odd exclamations like 'Egad!', 'Narf!', 'Poit!', 'Splonk!' and 'Zort!' are allowed?"

Rob Paulsen, American Actor

31

"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."

"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."

Joe Viterelli, American Actor

Funny, People, Actors

31

"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life."

"We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life."

Anthony Daniels, English Actor

31

"I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene."

"I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

Movies, Corporate, Now, Right

31

"I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this project."

"I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I'm just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this project."

Ron Glass, American Actor

Funny, Opportunity, Project

31

"We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit."

"We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit."

Dixie Carter, American Actor

Family, Father, Children

31

"He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher."

"He was very commanding, and you had to know what you were doing to work for Mr. Rogers. I learned how to ride very quickly with him as my riding teacher."

Glenn Ford, American Actor

31

"I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character."

"I'm not that complicated as an actor. I have a formula in which I work, yeah. But not like Sean Penn does. Sean is one of the few actors I know who can work like that, actually becoming the character he is playing, and get consistent results. I don't believe you can ever be someone else. You manifest different levels of your own personality to come up with a character."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Work, Character, Actors

31

"I honestly if I get a vacation I'm gonna go and sit on my couch in New York cause that's the one place I haven't been for a very long time."

"I honestly if I get a vacation I'm gonna go and sit on my couch in New York cause that's the one place I haven't been for a very long time."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Time, Cause, Vacation

31

"Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career."

"Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career."

Howard Keel, American Actor

Time, Career, Crowds, First

31

"Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra."

"Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra."

Phil Silvers, American Actor

31

"My wife heard me say I love you a thousand times, but she never once heard me say sorry."

"My wife heard me say I love you a thousand times, but she never once heard me say sorry."

Bruce Willis, American Actor

31

"What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment."

"What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment."

Eddie Albert, American Actor

Love, Energy, Sentiment, World

31

"People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler."

"People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler."

Mike Farrell, American Actor

People, Conversation, Difference, Water

31

"My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr.C, who used to be Mr.B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for."

"My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr.C, who used to be Mr.B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for."

Tom Bosley, American Actor

Wife, Lies, Will

31

"Everything I've always done has been for the sole purpose of increasing my lovemaking output. A lot of guys won't admit that, but I do. I just want to make love."

"Everything I've always done has been for the sole purpose of increasing my lovemaking output. A lot of guys won't admit that, but I do. I just want to make love."

Rick Fox, Canadian Actor

Love, Purpose, Want

31

"There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it."

"There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it."

George C. Scott, American Actor

31

"Being Southern and being the guy I've been all my life, I've lived more on the lighter side of life. I have a dark side, but that's not where I come from. A lot of artists like to come from that."

"Being Southern and being the guy I've been all my life, I've lived more on the lighter side of life. I have a dark side, but that's not where I come from. A lot of artists like to come from that."

Josh Holloway, American Actor

Life, Artists, Being

31

"I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims."

"I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims."

Robert Iler, American Actor

31

"A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts."

"A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts."

Charles Dance, English Actor

Men, Leading, Romantic

31

"It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected."

"It's fun playing two roles. The roles provide a wonderful range of emotions. Stuart is childlike and sensitive. Adam is ruthless, outrageous. He's flamboyant. He does the unexpected."

David Canary, American Actor

Emotional, Emotions, Fun

31

"The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore."

"The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore."

Dick Powell, American Actor

31

"They put their feelers out for all the names and then they'll cast you up to the point a name steps up, and then it doesn't matter how much they love you, there's a certain marketing value on that name, and there you go."

"They put their feelers out for all the names and then they'll cast you up to the point a name steps up, and then it doesn't matter how much they love you, there's a certain marketing value on that name, and there you go."

Josh Holloway, American Actor

Love, Marketing, Name, Names

31

"This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for."

"This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

Work, Awards, Ceremony, Enjoyment

31

"I can't frankly see much difference in the film industry at all. The only difference might be that they don't take as much time as they used to. For example, they'll do in one day what we used to take a week to do."

"I can't frankly see much difference in the film industry at all. The only difference might be that they don't take as much time as they used to. For example, they'll do in one day what we used to take a week to do."

Glenn Ford, American Actor

Time, Day, Difference, Example

31

"Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If you want to keep it quiet - don't tell a soul."

"Nothing is secret once you tell anyone. If you want to keep it quiet - don't tell a soul."

Richard Chamberlain, American Actor

Soul, Nothing, Quiet, Want

31

"Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead."

"Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead."

Tim Reid, American Actor

People, Question

31

"I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit."

"I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit."

Wallace Shawn, American Actor

People, Humanity, Mothers, World

31

"I stayed close to my family. My family never changed."

"I stayed close to my family. My family never changed."

Haywood Nelson, American Actor

31

"We shot on location in our very first weeks, in our very first shows. I would like to go on location again, Hawaii would be good!! But normally, we tape five days a week in the studio starting at about 8:00 a.m. and continuing until about 8:00 p.m."

"We shot on location in our very first weeks, in our very first shows. I would like to go on location again, Hawaii would be good!! But normally, we tape five days a week in the studio starting at about 8:00 a.m. and continuing until about 8:00 p.m."

Juliet Mills, British Actor

31

"This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section."

"This is a feminist bookstore. There is no humor section."

John Callahan, American Actor

31

"My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out."

"My family was very supportive of my acting. They didn't really have a choice because I got jobs acting before anyone could really say anything. It paid my way through college and helped my family out."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

Family, Acting, Choice, College

31

"When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable."

"When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable."

Emile Hirsch, American Actor

31

"Not only did God deliver me from the bondage of alcoholism, he also blessed my family financially because of my commitment to honor what he had done for me and for not doing what I believed could possibly be destructive to others."

"Not only did God deliver me from the bondage of alcoholism, he also blessed my family financially because of my commitment to honor what he had done for me and for not doing what I believed could possibly be destructive to others."

Richard Kiel, American Actor

Family, God, Commitment, Honor

31

"They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work involved in addition to the music. The auditions went on for a long time."

"They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work involved in addition to the music. The auditions went on for a long time."

Micky Dolenz, American Actor

Time, Work, Music, Actors

31

"I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?"

"I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?"

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Life, Father, Thought, People

31

"If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day."

"If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day."

Jesse Eisenberg, American Actor

Life, Acting, Day

31

"In my experience sometimes the darker the material that you're doing, the more necessary it is to have some sort of levity around. I've worked on more lighthearted pieces that have been more brutal and tougher to make."

"In my experience sometimes the darker the material that you're doing, the more necessary it is to have some sort of levity around. I've worked on more lighthearted pieces that have been more brutal and tougher to make."

Nick Stahl, American Actor

31

"Unless you're flat out dead, you have to think of some other questions like: what's on the other side? It brings up issues of God, or no God. How does he play into this? Or he, or she, or it? How does it all play into this?"

"Unless you're flat out dead, you have to think of some other questions like: what's on the other side? It brings up issues of God, or no God. How does he play into this? Or he, or she, or it? How does it all play into this?"

Michael Keaton, American Actor

God, Play, Questions

31

"I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think."

"I think that reality TV is so bad. It is a tool by the media to not make people think."

Naveen Andrews, British Actor

People, Media, Reality

31

"People will have an altered idea of who you are unless they really take time to get to know you, which of course they don't. They just get what they see, and they take that to the bank."

"People will have an altered idea of who you are unless they really take time to get to know you, which of course they don't. They just get what they see, and they take that to the bank."

Harry Hamlin, American Actor

Time, People, Idea, Will

31

"If you were my agent and I was making $10 million a movie and made four movies a year, that means you have a salary of $4 million."

"If you were my agent and I was making $10 million a movie and made four movies a year, that means you have a salary of $4 million."

Peter Stormare, Swedish Actor

31

"I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately."

"I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately."

Peter Falk, American Actor

30

"I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation."

"I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation."

Larry Hagman, American Actor

Time, People, Interest, Novelty

30

"I find myself enjoying a deeper love than I ever imagined was possible in the form of my daughter and certainly in the union with my wife. It makes everything else, including work, which is one of the things I'm most passionate about, pale by comparison."

"I find myself enjoying a deeper love than I ever imagined was possible in the form of my daughter and certainly in the union with my wife. It makes everything else, including work, which is one of the things I'm most passionate about, pale by comparison."

Benjamin Bratt, American Actor

Love, Work, Wife, Daughter

30

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