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"In the same way he's fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on."

"In the same way he's fascinated by crosswords, the puzzle of solving the murder is what drives him on."

John Thaw, British Actor

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"You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards."

"You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

61

"There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothes that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid."

"There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothes that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid."

Denis Leary, American Actor

Clothes, Revolution

61

"Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive."

"Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive."

Jeff Bridges, American Actor

61

"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."

"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

Thought, People, Character, Fool

61

"One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor."

"One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Age, People, Fact

61

"I'm obsessed with shopping. I'll get these urges to buy, like to shop for stuff on the Internet. I search for all kinds of weird gizmos I could get."

"I'm obsessed with shopping. I'll get these urges to buy, like to shop for stuff on the Internet. I search for all kinds of weird gizmos I could get."

Tom Felton, English Actor

61

"I spent most of my high school years on movie sets and I'd have like one teacher, which was really bad."

"I spent most of my high school years on movie sets and I'd have like one teacher, which was really bad."

Devon Sawa, Canadian Actor

61

"Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another."

"Suddenly you're surrounded by strangers who want something from you. The thing is, they don't know what they want, and you don't know what they want, unless it's an autograph, and you just sort of stand there grinning at one another."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

Strangers, Want

61

"Well, The Dirty Dozen was like a vacation."

"Well, The Dirty Dozen was like a vacation."

Clint Walker, American Actor

61

"There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada."

"There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada."

Wayne Rogers, American Actor

Canada, Running

61

"It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it."

"It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Movies, Driving, Effect, Force

61

"I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone."

"I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone."

David Friedman, American Actor

61

"To me, Batman is definately Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong."

"To me, Batman is definately Bruce Wayne's darker side. The challenge is playing it as two separate aspects of the same person. I have to create the illusion of a Dark Knight, who's mysterious and strong."

Kevin Conroy, American Actor

Challenge, Illusion, Knight

61

"I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood."

"I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Woman, Women, African, Hollywood

61

"I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didn't have to be a gigolo. In real life."

"I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didn't have to be a gigolo. In real life."

Cesar Romero, American Actor

61

"It's always been my personal feeling that unless you are married, there is something that is not very dignified about talking about who you are dating."

"It's always been my personal feeling that unless you are married, there is something that is not very dignified about talking about who you are dating."

Luke Wilson, American Actor

Dating, Feeling, Talking

61

"To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be."

"To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

61

"I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to talk about it in interviews. Why not? That's what everybody thinks about."

"I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to talk about it in interviews. Why not? That's what everybody thinks about."

Sean Astin, American Actor

Money, People, Giving, Guidance

61

"An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me."

"An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me."

Danny Aiello, American Actor

61

"There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours."

"There's a shortage of perfects breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours."

Cary Elwes, British Actor

61

"This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about."

"This happens to be that the power of laughter and love would beat out the power of fear every time. You know, I hate to sound corny about it but it's true, and I think that's what this movie is about."

John Goodman, American Actor

Love, Power, Time, Fear

61

"I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water."

"I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

61

"Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it."

"Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it."

Raj Kapoor, Indian Actor

Company, Parents, Play

61

"I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair."

"I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair."

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor

61

"People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement."

"People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement."

Kenneth Williams, British Actor

People, Comedy, Drama, Familiarity

61

"I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying."

"I care about people. In the end, I think they feel it. It comes across, regardless of the character I'm portraying."

Forest Whitaker, American Actor

People, Character, Care, End

61

"The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it."

"The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it."

David Thewlis, English Actor

61

"I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person."

"I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person."

Tim Roth, British Actor

Father, Brother, Man, Practice

61

"Don't ask me who my favourite monster was because I'm sick of saying Tom Baker."

"Don't ask me who my favourite monster was because I'm sick of saying Tom Baker."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

61

"I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time."

"I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

History, Time, Being, Land

61

"Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky."

"Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky."

Anthony Hopkins, Welsh Actor

61

"In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy."

"In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Acting, Career, Law, Medicine

61

"I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly."

"I met my wife through playing golf. She is French and couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak French, so there was little chance of us getting involved in any boring conversations - that's why we got married really quickly."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Wife, Chance, English, Golf

61

"Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK."

"Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK."

David Soul, American Actor

Exercise, Tennis

61

"No, well, my father's definitely not Christopher Walken."

"No, well, my father's definitely not Christopher Walken."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

61

"The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth."

"The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Performance, School, Word

61

"The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition."

"The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

61

"Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time."

"Four months of preparation and about 12 hours of shooting turned into about 30 seconds of screen time."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Time, Months, Preparation

61

"Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy."

"Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

Time, Joy, Kids, Now

61

"Twice I had been stopped by these jobs, and I thought the role on Dark Shadows would go on for about three or four weeks. And then, the phenomenon began, the role caught on, the mail started to flood in."

"Twice I had been stopped by these jobs, and I thought the role on Dark Shadows would go on for about three or four weeks. And then, the phenomenon began, the role caught on, the mail started to flood in."

Jonathan Frid, Canadian Actor

Thought, Jobs, Mail, Shadows

61

"What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety."

"What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

61

"I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries."

"I had never really pictured myself working in children's ministries. I always figured I would be more comfortable with maybe teens or adult ministries."

Willie Aames, American Actor

61

"I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called Studio 12. It was for people in the business and you didn't have to have any money to go, which was good because I was broke."

"I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called Studio 12. It was for people in the business and you didn't have to have any money to go, which was good because I was broke."

Brion James, American Actor

Business, Money, God, People

61

"All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns."

"All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

Truth, Adaptability

61

"In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't."

"In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

Attention, Entertainment

61

"I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego."

"I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego."

Kevin Spacey, American Actor

61

"With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes."

"With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes."

Marlon Brando, American Actor

Woman, Women, End

61

"Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in."

"Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in."

Andy Garcia, American Actor

Movies, Film, Want

61

"Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit."

"Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit."

Lee Marvin, American Actor

Drink, Drinking

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