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"There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself."

"There is only one you for all time. Fearlessly be yourself."

Anthony Rapp, American Actor

29

"God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple."

"God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple."

Jean Claude Van Damme, Belgian Actor

God, Temple, Body, Care

29

"We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality."

"We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality."

Wallace Shawn, American Actor

Hope, Country, Horror, states

29

"The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too."

"The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too."

Ernest Borgnine, American Actor

29

"I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field."

"I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field."

Josh Brolin, American Actor

29

"I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years."

"I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years."

Hugh Jackman, Australian Actor

Love, Fool, Kids, Living

29

"I think it can be fun to be single and date-like when you don't want a relationship. Or when you've just gotten out of a relationship, and, after get over the initial shock, your thinking, Hey, it's kind of cool being single."

"I think it can be fun to be single and date-like when you don't want a relationship. Or when you've just gotten out of a relationship, and, after get over the initial shock, your thinking, Hey, it's kind of cool being single."

Breckin Meyer, American Actor

Being, Fun, Thinking, Want

29

"I consider that my best performance ever was as Peer Gynt."

"I consider that my best performance ever was as Peer Gynt."

Leo McKern, Australian Actor

29

"I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging."

"I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging."

Chad Lowe, American Actor

Life, Character, Positive

29

"Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point."

"Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point."

Randy Quaid, American Actor

Actor, Disney, Voice

29

"Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them."

"Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them."

Anthony Rapp, American Actor

Work, People, Want

29

"If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home learning his lines. Here's Matt researching in aisle six of his local library'. A few hours of that and they'd go home."

"If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day. 'Heres Matt at home learning his lines. Here's Matt researching in aisle six of his local library'. A few hours of that and they'd go home."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Home, Life, Day, Learning

29

"When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone."

"When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone."

Chris Cooper, American Actor

Work, Freedom, Losing, Zone

29

"Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage."

"Imagination is a beast that has to be put in a cage."

Timothy Spall, English Actor

29

"It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation."

"It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation."

Roberto Benigni, Italian Actor

Gratitude, Mediocrity, Moderation

29

"I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era."

"I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era."

Fred Savage, American Actor

29

"I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good."

"I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good."

Hal Price, American Actor

People, Public, Trying

29

"And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable."

"And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable."

Eddie Albert, American Actor

29

"You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, then that's success to me."

"You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, then that's success to me."

Ving Rhames, American Actor

Love, Success, Living

29

"There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink."

"There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink."

Clancy Brown, American Actor

Being, Jobs, Thinking

29

"I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I'd open a door in a movie for him if he asked me to."

"I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I'd open a door in a movie for him if he asked me to."

Paul Bettany, English Actor

Time, Doubt, Open, Saying

29

"I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love."

"I love film and TV, the medium of them, just because it's such a smaller screen. It's much more precise. Ideally, I'd like to do maybe a film a year of some sort and use that to work more in the theatre because theatre really is my first love."

Shuler Hensley, American Actor

Love, Work, Film, First

29

"I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty."

"I think he is an extremely accessible character. In Data there is no potential for cruelty."

Brent Spiner, American Actor

Character, Cruelty, Potential

29

"Then India, everyone has his own idea of India."

"Then India, everyone has his own idea of India."

J. Milton Hayes, English Actor

28

"I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed."

"I'm proud of my background, so I hope there will be more roles where Hispanics are being portrayed."

Mario Lopez, American Actor

Hope, Being, Will

28

"It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time."

"It'd be disingenuous to say I don't like attention - I'm an actor for God's sake - and it's flattering and all, but attention was never my big goal. I just like to work and have a good time."

Paul Giamatti, American Actor

Time, Work, God, Goal

28

"I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing."

"I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing."

Alfonso Ribeiro, American Actor

28

"You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors."

"You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors."

Owen Wilson, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Comedy, Hollywood, School

28

"I began acting at age eight, but if you don't stay on your game then people pass on you. Being on a show, it's a little easy to get comfortable, so I'm trying to get back on it. I'm taking some acting classes and watching movies, and I'm just trying to stay up with other actors."

"I began acting at age eight, but if you don't stay on your game then people pass on you. Being on a show, it's a little easy to get comfortable, so I'm trying to get back on it. I'm taking some acting classes and watching movies, and I'm just trying to stay up with other actors."

Jason Dohring, American Actor

Age, Movies, People, Acting

28

"I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it."

"I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

Success, Being, Feeling

28

"I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead."

"I've never considered myself to be working for a living; I've enjoyed myself for a living instead."

John Mills, British Actor

28

"My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday."

"My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

Life, Trying, Yesterday

28

"I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time."

"I can't say I was unhappy as a child actor in films. I had a particularly wonderful time."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

28

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Life, Time, Trying

28

"I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything."

"I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything."

Yul Brynner, American Actor

28

"It's an extra dividend when you like the girl you're in love with."

"It's an extra dividend when you like the girl you're in love with."

Clark Gable, American Actor

28

"I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child."

"I started to study, because I knew I had to learn a lot about myself as an actor; you can't act the same as you did as a child."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

28

"You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain."

"You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain."

Laurence Fishburne, American Actor

28

"I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it."

"I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it."

Anthony Head, English Actor

28

"The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it."

"The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it."

Clark Gable, American Actor

28

"Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso."

"Everything Marilyn does is different from any other woman, strange and exciting, from the way she talks to the way she uses that magnificent torso."

Clark Gable, American Actor

28

"I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person."

"I love the creating part of taking on a character. It is fun to be another person and create what it would be like to be that person."

Jason Dohring, American Actor

Love, Character, Fun

28

"I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch."

"I rarely repeat playing the same role in a show. I figured I'd plumbed 90 percent the first time around, so let's move on to something where I'm starting from scratch."

Hal Linden, American Actor

28

"Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is."

"Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is."

Takeshi Kitano, Japanese Actor

Actor, Fighting, Film

28

"I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business."

"I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business."

Rob Paulsen, American Actor

Business, Love, Stars, Trouble

28

"Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney."

"Mainly, I thought of Barney as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney."

Don Knotts, American Actor

Thought, Faces, Kids, Thinking

28

"Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options."

"Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options."

Jeremy Jackson, American Actor

People, America, Options

28

"Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy."

"Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy."

Montgomery Clift, American Actor

Failure, Artist, Energy, Misery

28

"Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?"

"Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?"

Tom Sizemore, American Actor

28

"Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things."

"Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things."

James Darren, American Actor

28

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