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"If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence."
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James Wood
"If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence."
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"It's an important fact of life, war."
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Jeff Goldblum
"It's an important fact of life, war."
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"You were there all day long, 12 hours a day. So there was none of this, 'I'm going back to my trailer, my trailer's bigger than your trailer,' that kind of Hollywood nonsense."
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John C. Reilly
"You were there all day long, 12 hours a day. So there was none of this, 'I'm going back to my trailer, my trailer's bigger than your trailer,' that kind of Hollywood nonsense."
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"He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it."
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Macaulay Culkin
"He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it."
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"I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process."
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Gil Gerard
"I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process."
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"I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to."
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Ryan Gosling
"I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to."
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"In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge."
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Esai Morales
"In order to be a lieutenant, you've got to have authority in your voice. No matter how young your face looks, you've got to let your guys know that you're in charge."
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"Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere."
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Robert Redford
"Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere."
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"There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another."
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Derek Jacobi
"There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another."
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"I'm a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me out to clubs. It was a revelation."
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Matt Lucas
"I'm a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me out to clubs. It was a revelation."
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"Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over."
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Michael C. Hall
"Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but there's also nothing like the thrill you get being in the same space with that audience right there and then. And when you do it, it's over."
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"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."
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James Stewart
"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."
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"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."
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Robert Blake
"I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized."
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"I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now."
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John Ritter
"I knew when I grew up, I always wanted to be a liar, and if you're in television, you're lying because you're just pretending to be yourself much like I'm doing now."
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"Sex in the City was a different kind of phenomenon because of the show itself is a phenomenon and to me that's successful because to resonate with women across the board for six years and have only one African-American actor pass through for one episode."
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Blair Underwood
"Sex in the City was a different kind of phenomenon because of the show itself is a phenomenon and to me that's successful because to resonate with women across the board for six years and have only one African-American actor pass through for one episode."
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"They sent me to these places to get the weight off. The diets never worked; the diets actually made it worse."
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Lisa Whelchel
"They sent me to these places to get the weight off. The diets never worked; the diets actually made it worse."
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"I think the life we are living now is just a blink in the eye of eternity."
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Keir Dullea
"I think the life we are living now is just a blink in the eye of eternity."
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"The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there."
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James Denton
"The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there."
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"It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality."
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Max Beerbohm
"It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality."
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"I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western."
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Patrick Warburton
"I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western."
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"When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity."
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Martin Sheen
"When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity."
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"Once you drink one glass, you want another."
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John Forsythe
"Once you drink one glass, you want another."
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"One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either."
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Phil Hartman
"One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either."
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"I have a feeling I'm going to wake up one day and say 'I can't do dirty stuff anymore, I want to go all clean.' I'll do clean stuff too, I like to entertain people. Then they egged me on; we shot it at The Laugh Factory."
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Bob Saget
"I have a feeling I'm going to wake up one day and say 'I can't do dirty stuff anymore, I want to go all clean.' I'll do clean stuff too, I like to entertain people. Then they egged me on; we shot it at The Laugh Factory."
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"Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like him, I'd be lucky."
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Ethan Embry
"Donner likes what he does and enjoys being on a set. He doesn't have to do it, its not like he has to make the rent. When I get to be his age and still enjoy what I'm doing like him, I'd be lucky."
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"I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was - knowing that there was something different about me, which I attributed to being an artist. At 11 or 12 I started sort of clarifying for myself. It took a while."
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Randy Harrison
"I guess I had a suspicion of it my entire life without knowing exactly what it was - knowing that there was something different about me, which I attributed to being an artist. At 11 or 12 I started sort of clarifying for myself. It took a while."
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"I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help."
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Michael McKean
"I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help."
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"When people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was."
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Broderick Crawford
"When people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was."
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"I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker."
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George Eads
"I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker."
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"And so I love films that are kind of rural in atmosphere. And you know, it's just a nice place to be day after day. All be it, it can be hard, it can be hard work. You can get hot."
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Keith Carradine
"And so I love films that are kind of rural in atmosphere. And you know, it's just a nice place to be day after day. All be it, it can be hard, it can be hard work. You can get hot."
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"It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house."
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River Phoenix
"It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house."
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"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice."
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Clint Eastwood
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice."
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"Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you."
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Bradley Whitford
"Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you."
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"You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you."
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Matthew Modine
"You hope and pray that you'll get involved with a director that you understand and who has the same sensibility as you do and knows how to push you and bring out the best in you."
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"The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it."
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Jackie Gleason
"The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it."
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"California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands."
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Paul Mazursky
"California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands."
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"It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians."
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Frank Morgan
"It's my fault in many cases because I don't initiate the contact to talk with a lot of other musicians."
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"Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions."
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Tim Reid
"Why would you create a movie for black people if you don't understand the history and perspective of the people you are doing it for? You need historical perspective to make sound decisions."
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"And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed."
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David Thewlis
"And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed."
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"The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level."
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Andrew Shue
"The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level."
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"When I was a kid, I was afraid of other kids."
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Andy Dick
"When I was a kid, I was afraid of other kids."
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"I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?"
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Tom Hanks
"I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more?"
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"People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it."
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Mark Goddard
"People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it."
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"One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again."
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Joe Morton
"One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again."
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"It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them."
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Matthew Modine
"It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them."
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"I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I was a 260 pound Woody Allen. You can make that 295 pound now."
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James Gandolfini
"I was voted best-looking kid in high school but, as you can see, things changed. I used to say I was a 260 pound Woody Allen. You can make that 295 pound now."
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"I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress."
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Oskar Werner
"I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress."
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"As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good for you, and if you want to learn how to swim, you have to be thrown into the deep end."
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Stacy Keach
"As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good for you, and if you want to learn how to swim, you have to be thrown into the deep end."
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"I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world."
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Jeremy Northam
"I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world."
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"You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae."
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Paul Walker
"You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae."
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