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"I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do."

"I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do."

J. Milton Hayes, English Actor

Poetry, God, Eye

28

"There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold."

"There are people who appear in the magazines and I don't know who they are. I've never seen anything they've done and their careers are over already. They're famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold."

Matt Damon, American Actor

Time, People, Careers, Famous

28

"I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life."

"I can't really say how big the cult is. But I'm proud of it. I'm proud that it has a life."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

28

"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."

"Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others."

Danny Thomas, American Actor

Life, Success, Gain, Nothing

28

"Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors."

"Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors."

Sam Worthington, Australian Actor

28

"I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all."

"I'll be in Los Angeles for two weeks and I'll have a laugh, get battered and have a buzz, but at the end of the day, I'll go home. It's just me earning a few more stories to tell everyone at home and all."

Colin Farrell, Irish Actor

28

"It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?'"

"It's mostly the financial chicanery that's going on. People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in this market?'"

Mike Farrell, American Actor

Trust, People, Financial, Saying

28

"I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot."

"I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot."

Colin Farrell, Irish Actor

Actor, Feet, Sleep, Trying

28

"I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher on TV."

"I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher on TV."

Scott Patterson, American Actor

Thought, Coffee

28

"I love being a part of Aqua Teen."

"I love being a part of Aqua Teen."

Dana Snyder, American Actor

Love, Teen, Being

28

"You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness."

"You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness."

Brad Garrett, American Actor

Happiness, Life, Smile

28

"I still have the actor's disease. I always think I'll never get another job."

"I still have the actor's disease. I always think I'll never get another job."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

Actor, Disease, Job

28

"It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with."

"It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with."

Clark Gable, American Actor

28

"I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far."

"I really, really thought that it was a no-brainer in terms of being a hit. And so it does surprise that that hasn't been the manifested reception of it so far."

Ron Glass, American Actor

28

"I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too."

"I'm into being a dad, that's where my focus is most of the time. I'm an actor that's my job, but it's not my life. I have a lot of other interests too."

Paul Walker, American Actor

Father, Dad, Life, Time

28

"It's not the size of the dreamer, it's the size of the dream."

"It's not the size of the dreamer, it's the size of the dream."

Josh Ryan Evans, American Actor

28

"They didn't have the money to keep Christopher Lee long enough to play his scenes with me."

"They didn't have the money to keep Christopher Lee long enough to play his scenes with me."

Herbert Lom, Czechoslovakian Actor

28

"Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit."

"Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit."

Billy Crudup, American Actor

28

"I feel for Veronica Mars so much when I'm watching at home. It is a wonderful story. The writing is consistently funny, biting, charming, heart-wrenching, etc. I also like the look of it. The cinematography - different from any other show."

"I feel for Veronica Mars so much when I'm watching at home. It is a wonderful story. The writing is consistently funny, biting, charming, heart-wrenching, etc. I also like the look of it. The cinematography - different from any other show."

Jason Dohring, American Actor

Funny, Home, Heart, Writing

28

"I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations."

"I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations."

Daniel Craig, English Actor

28

"When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff."

"When I go to M Bar there's all kinds of agents there, looking for people who doing good stuff."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

28

"But Nature cast me for the part she found me best fitted for, and I have had to play it, and must play it till the curtain falls."

"But Nature cast me for the part she found me best fitted for, and I have had to play it, and must play it till the curtain falls."

Edwin Booth, American Actor

27

"That's what I always enjoyed about acting, the real adrenalin rush. My heart - still before I go on stage - crashing out of my chest. That's thrilling to me."

"That's what I always enjoyed about acting, the real adrenalin rush. My heart - still before I go on stage - crashing out of my chest. That's thrilling to me."

Billy Crudup, American Actor

27

"My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue."

"My portrayal of Fagin was all to do with my experience in comedy and revue."

Ron Moody, British Actor

Experience, Comedy

27

"With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand."

"With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand."

Tim Matheson, American Actor

Work, Comedy, Want

27

"If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget."

"If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

27

"A totally healthy actor is a paradox."

"A totally healthy actor is a paradox."

Vittorio Gassman, Italian Actor

27

"Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other."

"Once I got the Lone Ranger role, I didn't want any other."

Clayton Moore, American Actor

27

"Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later."

"Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later."

Richard E. Grant, British Actor

27

"So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth."

"So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth."

John Travolta, American Actor

27

"I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever."

"I've been blessed by doing classic plays on Broadway, which was one of my great dreams forever."

Michael Emerson, American Actor

27

"You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle."

"You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle."

Timothy Dalton, Welsh Actor

Quality, Crisis, Man, Struggle

27

"This has been harder for my friends. I know I'm going to die."

"This has been harder for my friends. I know I'm going to die."

Dick Sargent, American Actor

Friendship, Friends

27

"The greatest thing is nobody cares that I'm fifty years old. They only care what I sound like."

"The greatest thing is nobody cares that I'm fifty years old. They only care what I sound like."

Rob Paulsen, American Actor

Care, Old, Sound, Years

27

"Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it."

"Real courage is knowing what faces you and knowing how to face it."

Timothy Dalton, Welsh Actor

27

"If you try to do your best there is no failure."

"If you try to do your best there is no failure."

Mike Farrell, American Actor

27

"Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York."

"Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York."

Roddy McDowall, British Actor

Time, Television

27

"Star Wars was not a very big part but I enjoyed doing it and I get more fan mail for that than anything else I've ever done. It's quite extraordinary, it comes in every day, unbelievable."

"Star Wars was not a very big part but I enjoyed doing it and I get more fan mail for that than anything else I've ever done. It's quite extraordinary, it comes in every day, unbelievable."

Julian Glover, British Actor

27

"Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss."

"Acting is the most fun. I like to do it and it's great that I can still do that, but you know, you don't really have a lot of control over things, so it's real hit or miss."

Jon Favreau, American Actor

Control, Acting, Fun

27

"I want to direct, write, produce... y'know, I love the entertainment industry."

"I want to direct, write, produce... y'know, I love the entertainment industry."

Jason Marsden, American Actor

Love, Entertainment, Want

27

"Every culture loves scatological humour. That's always a favourite."

"Every culture loves scatological humour. That's always a favourite."

Alex D. Linz, American Actor

27

"We have seen economic growth. But we have not seen earnings growth."

"We have seen economic growth. But we have not seen earnings growth."

Mike Farrell, American Actor

27

"My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it."

"My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it."

Eddie Marsan, English Actor

27

"The music stuff has been very difficult. It's got to be right, and even then, it better be on key."

"The music stuff has been very difficult. It's got to be right, and even then, it better be on key."

Michael Winslow, American Actor

Music, Key, Right

27

"It worries me a little bit the reach and power of TV. More people saw me in 'The Practice' than will ever see me in all the stage plays I ever do. Which is sort of humbling. Or troubling. Or both."

"It worries me a little bit the reach and power of TV. More people saw me in 'The Practice' than will ever see me in all the stage plays I ever do. Which is sort of humbling. Or troubling. Or both."

Michael Emerson, American Actor

Power, People, Practice, Will

27

"The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom."

"The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom."

Montgomery Clift, American Actor

Death, Negative

27

"I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body."

"I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body."

David Wenham, Australian Actor

27

"The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life."

"The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life."

Benjamin Bratt, American Actor

Life, Opportunity, Acting

27

"Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success."

"Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success."

Jim Backus, American Actor

Success, Wife, First, Man

27

"I am the reassurance that they have not changed. In an upside down world, with all the rules being rewritten as the game goes on and spectators invading the pitch, it is good to feel that some things and some people seem to stay just as they were."

"I am the reassurance that they have not changed. In an upside down world, with all the rules being rewritten as the game goes on and spectators invading the pitch, it is good to feel that some things and some people seem to stay just as they were."

Kenneth More, British Actor

People, Being, Reassurance, Rules

27

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