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"Coffee and cigarettes, that's one of my weaknesses."

"Coffee and cigarettes, that's one of my weaknesses."

Jason Behr, American Actor

62

"You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests."

"You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests."

Henry Irving, English Actor

62

"I have a lot of vanity."

"I have a lot of vanity."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

62

"Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential."

"Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

Quality, Development, Growth, Being

62

"When I was flying to Rome, we flew over London; I felt like bursting into tears. It's part of me, so I can't leave London behind for good."

"When I was flying to Rome, we flew over London; I felt like bursting into tears. It's part of me, so I can't leave London behind for good."

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

Flying, London, Rome, Tears

62

"I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin."

"I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

62

"I used to have all the Goosebumps books as a kid too."

"I used to have all the Goosebumps books as a kid too."

Tom Felton, English Actor

62

"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Thought, Mistake, Fame, Training

62

"But I plan on dedicating specific training to track this winter for the next racing season."

"But I plan on dedicating specific training to track this winter for the next racing season."

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American Actor

Racing, Training, Winter

62

"I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'"

"I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'"

Samuel L. Jackson, American Actor

Wife, Daughter, Day, Name

62

"I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable."

"I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

Energy, English, Feeling, Trying

62

"Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out."

"Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

62

"To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands."

"To me, the 90's signaled the end of glam rock, the beginning of gangsta rap, and hopefully the beginning and end of boy bands."

Shane West, American Actor

Beginning, End, Rap

62

"I want to have a bunch of kids so I can boss them around."

"I want to have a bunch of kids so I can boss them around."

Jeremy Sumpter, American Actor

Boss, Kids, Want

62

"I think we've all been kind of... everyone's been hurt, everyone's felt loss, everyone has exultation, everyone has a need to be loved, or to have lost love, so when you play a character, you're pulling out those little threads and turning them up a bit."

"I think we've all been kind of... everyone's been hurt, everyone's felt loss, everyone has exultation, everyone has a need to be loved, or to have lost love, so when you play a character, you're pulling out those little threads and turning them up a bit."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

Love, Character, Hurt, Loss

62

"There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it."

"There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it."

Garry Marshall, American Actor

Satisfaction, Writing

62

"Comedy is second nature for me."

"Comedy is second nature for me."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

62

"Kerri and I met at theatre camp when were 16 years old, which is pretty lame. The rest of us met when we founded the State at New York University in 1988. Most of our adult lives have been spent bickering with these people."

"Kerri and I met at theatre camp when were 16 years old, which is pretty lame. The rest of us met when we founded the State at New York University in 1988. Most of our adult lives have been spent bickering with these people."

Thomas Lennon, American Actor

People, Old, Pretty, Rest

62

"I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder."

"I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder."

Scott Speedman, English Actor

62

"Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it."

"Remember - you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

62

"I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work."

"I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work."

Gregory Hines, American Actor

62

"I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on."

"I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on."

Patrick Warburton, American Actor

Thought, Character, Film

62

"That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody."

"That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody."

Bud Abbott, American Actor

Europe, Tax, Stars, Today

62

"Mornin' ladies, my goodness don't you look happy. Must be cuttin' somebody up pretty good."

"Mornin' ladies, my goodness don't you look happy. Must be cuttin' somebody up pretty good."

Andy Griffith, American Actor

Ladies, Goodness, Pretty

62

"I have come close to producing films. But generally by the time they hit the screen, there's about 50 people with producer credits, so what's the point. I usually find scripts I like with no money attached and take them to producers that I know and try to raise finance."

"I have come close to producing films. But generally by the time they hit the screen, there's about 50 people with producer credits, so what's the point. I usually find scripts I like with no money attached and take them to producers that I know and try to raise finance."

Tim Roth, British Actor

Finance, Money, Time, People

62

"What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food."

"What makes cookbooks interesting is to find out about the people and the culture that invented the food."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

Food, People, Culture

62

"The one thing women love more than money is power."

"The one thing women love more than money is power."

D. L. Hughley, American Actor

Love, Money, Power, Women

62

"A whole new generation is looking at the videos, and going to the video shop and buying the re-release of the complete trilogy, which you can buy at a reasonable price."

"A whole new generation is looking at the videos, and going to the video shop and buying the re-release of the complete trilogy, which you can buy at a reasonable price."

Peter Mayhew, British Actor

62

"You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib."

"You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Moment, Moments

62

"I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it."

"I have a superstition about saying too much about what I want to happen, just in case it all disappears, or someone else comes along and beats me to it."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

Saying, Superstition, Want

62

"I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children."

"I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children."

Charles Bronson, American Actor

Wife, Children, Friends

62

"To play a good guy is nice because in a way, he is so open for answers."

"To play a good guy is nice because in a way, he is so open for answers."

Joel Gretsch, American Actor

Answers, Open, Play

62

"So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light."

"So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

62

"Don't wait. If it's not right, move on."

"Don't wait. If it's not right, move on."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

62

"All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it needs more. You've got to do this, Albert. You've got to do that, Jessica.' It didn't feel like that at all."

"All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it needs more. You've got to do this, Albert. You've got to do that, Jessica.' It didn't feel like that at all."

Albert Finney, British Actor

62

"Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday."

"Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday."

John Wayne, American Actor

Tomorrow, Yesterday

62

"All conventions are very enjoyable. The more variety you do, the better."

"All conventions are very enjoyable. The more variety you do, the better."

Jeremy Bulloch, British Actor

62

"I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime."

"I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

Experience, Martin

62

"We have common enemies today. It's called childhood poverty. It's called cancer. It's called AIDS. It's called Parkinson's. It's called Muscular Dystrophy."

"We have common enemies today. It's called childhood poverty. It's called cancer. It's called AIDS. It's called Parkinson's. It's called Muscular Dystrophy."

Jerry Doyle, American Actor

Cancer, Childhood, Enemies, Poverty

62

"Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave."

"Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave."

Paul Walker, American Actor

Experience, Ocean, Rest, World

62

"We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters."

"We also have favourite place in France, called Charlot Premier in Nice, which does excellent oysters."

Roger Moore, English Actor

France, Oysters

62

"If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue."

"If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

62

"I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted."

"I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887-1976) lived and painted."

Ian McKellen, English Actor

62

"If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring."

"If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Success, Successful, Waiting

62

"I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes."

"I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes."

Corbin Bleu, American Actor

62

"I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic."

"I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Anger, Challenge, Darkness

62

"It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so."

"It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so."

Will Rogers, American Actor

62

"I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It would be odd not to have ideas about something."

"I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It would be odd not to have ideas about something."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

Ideas, Talk, Want

62

"People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole."

"People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole."

Peter Krause, American Actor

Mistake, People, First, Man

62

"Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with."

"Some of the material out there - I don't want to say that it's all bad - but there's a lot of bad stuff out there. You just continue reading scripts, and eventually you find something you connect with."

Jay Hernandez, American Actor

62

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