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"It is my really sincere desire that we get an opportunity to play long enough for people to really grab on and become fans, because I think it's a great project."

"It is my really sincere desire that we get an opportunity to play long enough for people to really grab on and become fans, because I think it's a great project."

Ron Glass, American Actor

People, Opportunity, Desire, Fans

26

"I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks."

"I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

Fear, Network, Potential

26

"In the long term, improving investor confidence is a marathon, not a sprint."

"In the long term, improving investor confidence is a marathon, not a sprint."

John Gavin, American Actor

Confidence, Marathon

26

"It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that."

"It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that."

Bob Odenkirk, American Actor

26

"If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it."

"If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it."

Jason Priestley, Canadian Actor

26

"Everybody gets to a stage when it's time to move on. I was bored, and the band wasn't going anywhere, so I left. I did a couple of shows on Broadway and some other things. I was busy. I just wasn't making records."

"Everybody gets to a stage when it's time to move on. I was bored, and the band wasn't going anywhere, so I left. I did a couple of shows on Broadway and some other things. I was busy. I just wasn't making records."

Peter Noone, English Actor

26

"Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings."

"Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings."

Hugh Jackman, Australian Actor

Life, Father, Perspective, Sleep

26

"Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke."

"Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke."

Yul Brynner, American Actor

26

"Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments."

"Judges pretty much act independently once they get on the bench so I'm not really sure why Harper's concerned that the court is currently being stacked with a lot of Liberal appointments."

Alan Young, English Actor

Act, Being, Court, Judges

26

"I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further."

"I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further."

James Van Der Beek, American Actor

Life, Open, Romantic, Talk

26

"Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?"

"Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?"

Matthew MacFadyen, British Actor

Money, Hollywood

26

"Fame obviously has become a premium in everybody's life. Everybody thinks they deserve it, everybody thinks they want it and most people really don't enjoy it once they get it."

"Fame obviously has become a premium in everybody's life. Everybody thinks they deserve it, everybody thinks they want it and most people really don't enjoy it once they get it."

Kelsey Grammer, American Actor

Life, People, Fame, Want

26

"But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am."

"But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am."

Eddie Bracken, American Actor

Work, Excitement, Fun, Heaven

26

"Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this."

"Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this."

Scott Patterson, American Actor

Money, Acting, Fame, Passion

26

"It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change."

"It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change."

Richard Kiel, American Actor

Change, Character, Fun, Play

26

"My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama."

"My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama."

Richard E. Grant, British Actor

Age, Father, Drama, Regret

26

"Not to sound egomaniac or anything, but just to get under people's skin like that, and for them to believe in you and believe strongly enough to write... it's flattering and it helps you during the day."

"Not to sound egomaniac or anything, but just to get under people's skin like that, and for them to believe in you and believe strongly enough to write... it's flattering and it helps you during the day."

Glenn Quinn, Irish Actor

People, Day, Skin, Sound

26

"I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else."

"I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else."

Sam J. Jones, American Actor

26

"I think academics are infuriating. For every expert on Shakespeare there is another one to cancel his theory out. It drives you up the wall. I think the greatest form of finding out the truth is through fantasy."

"I think academics are infuriating. For every expert on Shakespeare there is another one to cancel his theory out. It drives you up the wall. I think the greatest form of finding out the truth is through fantasy."

Joseph Fiennes, British Actor

Truth, Fantasy, Shakespeare, Theory

26

"It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim."

"It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim."

Stephen Root, American Actor

Character, Comedy, Play, Pretty

26

"Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows."

"Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls before that. I was also a client on a lot of lawyer shows."

Adam Brody, American Actor

26

"Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever."

"Sinatra was the biggest influence on my life, my singing career. And rightly so. I mean he was the best singer ever."

James Darren, American Actor

Life, Career, Influence, Singing

26

"I dated a lot of girls all through high school, and in college I dated a young lady for about eight months."

"I dated a lot of girls all through high school, and in college I dated a young lady for about eight months."

Danny Pintauro, American Actor

College, Lady, Girls, Months

26

"To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better."

"To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better."

Richard Kiel, American Actor

Life, Love, Action, Accomplishment

26

"An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays."

"An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality an actor has off stage the better. A blank canvas on which to draw the characters he plays."

Arthur Lowe, British Actor

Actor, Personality

26

"I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines."

"I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

25

"It's against type in the sense of my background, but it's with type in the sense that I am a loner who's new to this business and sceptical about a lot of it."

"It's against type in the sense of my background, but it's with type in the sense that I am a loner who's new to this business and sceptical about a lot of it."

Ben McKenzie, American Actor

Business, Sense

25

"Boy, if Garth Ennis had created a religion, I would sure like to be a part of that. It just makes sense, the way he tackles things in it. It's really heavy stuff and it's incredibly well written."

"Boy, if Garth Ennis had created a religion, I would sure like to be a part of that. It just makes sense, the way he tackles things in it. It's really heavy stuff and it's incredibly well written."

James Marsden, American Actor

Religion, Sense

25

"Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death."

"Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about family, about life, about death."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Death, Movies, Family, Life

25

"God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it."

"God lets you be successful because he trusts you that you will do the right thing with it. Now, does he get disappointed often? All the time, because people get there and they forget how they got it."

Steve Harvey, American Actor

God, Time, People, Successful

25

"I married a woman who is much better than me, I'm very fortunate to be with her and I know I'll be happy with her the rest of my life."

"I married a woman who is much better than me, I'm very fortunate to be with her and I know I'll be happy with her the rest of my life."

James Caviezel, American Actor

Life, Rest, Woman

25

"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future."

"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

25

"My limits are limitless. I find my limits every time I act."

"My limits are limitless. I find my limits every time I act."

Billy Crudup, American Actor

Time, Act, Limits

25

"I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done."

"I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done."

Paul Muni, American Actor

Art, Business, Acting, Years

25

"Anthony Hopkins says you just keep acting. Do it all the time and eventually it will happen. He got his break, after all, by taking a role nobody else wanted. A cannibal!"

"Anthony Hopkins says you just keep acting. Do it all the time and eventually it will happen. He got his break, after all, by taking a role nobody else wanted. A cannibal!"

Richard E. Grant, British Actor

Time, Acting, Will

25

"Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human."

"Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human."

Clancy Brown, American Actor

Nature, Beliefs, Human nature

25

"There ain't nothing but one thing wrong with every one of us and that's selfishness."

"There ain't nothing but one thing wrong with every one of us and that's selfishness."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Morality, Selfishness, Truth, Humanity, Reflection

25

"A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves."

"A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves."

Jimmy Dean, American Actor

Love, Country, Will

25

"When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire movies and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a chance to walk in Doyle's shoes and have fun with it."

"When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire movies and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a chance to walk in Doyle's shoes and have fun with it."

Glenn Quinn, Irish Actor

Movies, Chance, First, Fun

25

"A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr. - I spent a lot of time with Sammy. I was over at his house almost every night. Those people were very special and very special for me."

"A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr. - I spent a lot of time with Sammy. I was over at his house almost every night. Those people were very special and very special for me."

James Darren, American Actor

Time, People, Friends, Night

25

"I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever."

"I'm not saying that Sam J. Jones was Flash Gordon - there's no such thing. No actor can be the person, that's a bunch of crap. People pay to see an actor be himself, whether he plays Hamlet or whatever."

Sam J. Jones, American Actor

25

"When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor."

"When actors are talking, they are servants of the dramatist. It is what they can show the audience when they are not talking that reveals the fine actor."

Cedric Hardwicke, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Talking

25

"I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement so that doesn't happen. That is my only - fear - in further space exploration like always, we hope it doesn't get abused."

"I am very much against weapons in space. And I wish we could be spearheading that program to come to some kind of international agreement so that doesn't happen. That is my only - fear - in further space exploration like always, we hope it doesn't get abused."

Scott Bakula, American Actor

Fear, Hope, Agreement, Exploration

25

"Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language."

"Certain things were deemed to be offensive. It was usually bad language."

Timothy West, British Actor

25

"An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's."

"An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Economics, Uncertainty, Humility, Prediction

25

"God is bigger than people think."

"God is bigger than people think."

Jimmy Dean, American Actor

25

"Must I tell the story of my life again?"

"Must I tell the story of my life again?"

John Garfield, American Actor

25

"Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it."

"Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's no reality to it."

Paul Giamatti, American Actor

People, Reality

25

"I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash."

"I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than something you forget about when the popcorn goes into the trash."

Gabriel Mann, American Actor

Movies, People, Hope, Day

25

"I'm not a member of any organized party I'm a Democrat."

"I'm not a member of any organized party I'm a Democrat."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Politics, Identity, Belief, Humor

25

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