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"I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now."
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Forest Whitaker
"I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now."
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"I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest."
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John Lithgow
"I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest."
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"Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow."
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Danny Aiello
"Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow."
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"If did go back to school, I would want to learn another aspect of the entertainment industry like to become a producer or an agent, you need a law degree."
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Ethan Embry
"If did go back to school, I would want to learn another aspect of the entertainment industry like to become a producer or an agent, you need a law degree."
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"I knew early on after the first couple episodes were fully scored and animated that we had a real quality show here. But I always questioned whether or not it would work."
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Steve Burns
"I knew early on after the first couple episodes were fully scored and animated that we had a real quality show here. But I always questioned whether or not it would work."
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"Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on."
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River Phoenix
"Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on."
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"What Tim does is, he calls me and sends me the script. And then he sends me a drawing, an illustration of his image of me as the character. It's so great."
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Danny DeVito
"What Tim does is, he calls me and sends me the script. And then he sends me a drawing, an illustration of his image of me as the character. It's so great."
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"I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams."
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Josh Charles
"I grew up in Baltimore. And yes, I am a big sports fan, especially when it comes to my local teams."
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"I've worked with children all my life."
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Denzel Washington
"I've worked with children all my life."
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"There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art."
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Danny Aiello
"There was certainly less profanity in the Godfather than in the Sopranos. There was a kind of respect. It's not that I totally agreed with it, but it was a great piece of art."
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"I don't like movies that are morally simple."
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Paul Mazursky
"I don't like movies that are morally simple."
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"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"
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Richard Pryor
"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"
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"I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever."
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Richard Pryor
"I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever."
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"The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!"
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Ben Kingsley
"The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!"
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"I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting."
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Gregory Harrison
"I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting."
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"I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get."
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Randy Harrison
"I don't want to be Tom Cruise. I'm not after some movie blockbuster career. That's not the kind of work I'm interested in. And frankly, it's not the kind of work I'm ever going to get."
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"I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.'"
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Richard Dreyfuss
"I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.'"
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"I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially."
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Denzel Washington
"I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially."
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"Underneath all the skin, we're all the same."
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Steve Guttenberg
"Underneath all the skin, we're all the same."
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"I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film."
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Peter Cushing
"I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film."
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"I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it."
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Morgan Freeman
"I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it."
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"I've just started school again, and it was a bit strange to start off with; it took me three or four days to get used to it. My friends have been great, they've been treating me normally."
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Rupert Grint
"I've just started school again, and it was a bit strange to start off with; it took me three or four days to get used to it. My friends have been great, they've been treating me normally."
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"My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect."
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James Lafferty
"My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect."
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"Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie."
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Jet Li
"Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie."
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"It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry."
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Alan Ladd
"It's a funny thing about me. I don't have any interest in food most of the time now, although when I was a kid I was always hungry."
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"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."
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"This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful."
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Pierce Brosnan
"This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful."
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"I wonder if that's hurt me at the box office. Maybe audiences these days want to know exactly what to expect when they go into a movie, and my movies are hard to explain in just one way."
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Paul Mazursky
"I wonder if that's hurt me at the box office. Maybe audiences these days want to know exactly what to expect when they go into a movie, and my movies are hard to explain in just one way."
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"We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question."
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Kurt Russell
"We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question."
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"Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime."
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Alan Autry
"Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime."
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"I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the greatest goal of all mankind. And the same is true of labor and the great democratic sections of our population."
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Paul Robeson
"I know that if the peace movement takes its message boldly to the Negro people a powerful force can be secured in pursuit of the greatest goal of all mankind. And the same is true of labor and the great democratic sections of our population."
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"Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing."
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Morris Chestnut
"Showtime has given new, young filmmakers - black, white, across the board - an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing."
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"One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility."
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William Petersen
"One of the things I love about theater, one of the reasons I'll never give it up, is that it's fifty percent the audience's responsibility."
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"There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live."
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Gedde Watanabe
"There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live."
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"A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship."
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Maximilian Schell
"A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship."
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"Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things."
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Oliver Hudson
"Fathers in today's modern families can be so many things."
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"You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."
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Chill Wills
"You shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."
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"I like the Western genre, I think it's uniquely American."
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Keith Carradine
"I like the Western genre, I think it's uniquely American."
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"I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet."
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Thomas Haden Church
"I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet."
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"In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary."
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Bela Lugosi
"In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary."
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"You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story."
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Robert Redford
"You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against yourself and nature's own way. I find golf a particularly good metaphor for this story."
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"I've always wanted to play Don Quixote in some way. It's a great role. I think the idealism of the man shows that hope that we have in the human breast to achieve something."
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Dominic Chianese
"I've always wanted to play Don Quixote in some way. It's a great role. I think the idealism of the man shows that hope that we have in the human breast to achieve something."
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"As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids."
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Dennis Farina
"As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids."
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"I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning."
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Richard Burton
"I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning."
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"I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19."
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Nick Mancuso
"I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19."
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"I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him."
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John Thaw
"I think Morse's thing about being a poor policeman but a good detective is a very good description of him."
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"We're very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how we're inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and that's how we're raising our daughter."
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Boris Kodjoe
"We're very open and outspoken about our faith and our beliefs. We also talk about our doubts, our moments of insecurities. We talk about it all day, how we're inspired by God. We recognize little miracles every day, and that's how we're raising our daughter."
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"Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react."
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Derek Jacobi
"Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react."
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"The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult so I had six months working with a dialect coach and it's become a habit."
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Martin Henderson
"The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult so I had six months working with a dialect coach and it's become a habit."
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"Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me."
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Michael Gambon
"Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me."
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