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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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"We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf."
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Lalla Ward
"We were only there for five days and during that time Tom was a bit annoyed that the French were more interested in me and my schoolgirl outfit than him and his long scarf."
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"You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk."
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George Clooney
"You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk."
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"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."
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Charlie Sheen
"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."
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"If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, What if that didn't bother me? What if I knew exactly what he was talking about? What if I didn't get excited?"
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Judd Hirsch
"If you're playing the character, you could say to yourself in 16 different ways, What if that didn't bother me? What if I knew exactly what he was talking about? What if I didn't get excited?"
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"In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people."
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Marcel Marceau
"In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people."
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"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."
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John Goodman
"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."
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"It was described as Sex and the Suburbs. It's so not that. Because on Sex and the City, those women told each other everything; on our show, it's much more like the real suburbs - nobody tells anybody anything. Everything's a secret."
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James Denton
"It was described as Sex and the Suburbs. It's so not that. Because on Sex and the City, those women told each other everything; on our show, it's much more like the real suburbs - nobody tells anybody anything. Everything's a secret."
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"First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued."
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Adam Arkin
"First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued."
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"Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes."
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Gedde Watanabe
"Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes."
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"I'm getting grumpier all the time."
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Ned Beatty
"I'm getting grumpier all the time."
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"If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche."
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Ted Danson
"If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche."
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"Trying to give back a little bit is important."
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Mark Goddard
"Trying to give back a little bit is important."
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"As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do."
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Corey Feldman
"As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do."
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"We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women!"
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Burt Ward
"We found that just by the way we stood, affected women dramatically, and if you look at our show, you'll see that we always stood with our legs open our fists on hips and our bat bulges forward, which had a profound effect on women!"
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"Atreyu comes from a land called Fantasia. It's an imaginary land."
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Noah Hathaway
"Atreyu comes from a land called Fantasia. It's an imaginary land."
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"In Utah, there are no bad things in the water there. It's just smooth, really beautiful."
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Steve Guttenberg
"In Utah, there are no bad things in the water there. It's just smooth, really beautiful."
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"Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky."
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Ryan Reynolds
"Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky."
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"Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers."
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James Earl Jones
"Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers."
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"Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it."
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Raj Kapoor
"Once, he was chosen to play Ram in a small Ramleela company, but his parents were against it."
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"I think all of us create our own miracles."
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Michael Landon
"I think all of us create our own miracles."
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"It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds."
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Randy Harrison
"It's upsetting that it is such a big deal. I wish it weren't an issue all the time. It's funny that people say it's a departure, because I've been acting since I was a child. I've played three gay roles out of hundreds."
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"A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then."
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Tommy Rettig
"A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then."
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"To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great."
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Jeff Goldblum
"To be able to always have a super sense of who I was and my own real identity and be petty and seem informed and always thinking in thoughts would be great."
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"They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera."
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Michael Zaslow
"They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera."
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"If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there."
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Colin Firth
"If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there."
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"For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day."
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Treat Williams
"For the first time in a while, I must be honest, I really genuinely look forward to coming to work every day."
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"Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle."
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Ron Moody
"Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle."
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"I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now."
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Harry Hamlin
"I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now."
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"You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young."
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George Takei
"You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young."
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"I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. "Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person.""
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Anthony LaPaglia
"I can't find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. "Where's my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person.""
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"I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun."
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Tim Robbins
"I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun."
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"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."
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Dom DeLuise
"When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty."
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"People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies."
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Morgan Freeman
"People need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies."
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"The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see."
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John Ratzenberger
"The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see."
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"I did Vibe, and I felt old and paternal. I've got ties older than people in that audience. I had a talk with myself. I said, You've got to deal with this better."
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Tony Danza
"I did Vibe, and I felt old and paternal. I've got ties older than people in that audience. I had a talk with myself. I said, You've got to deal with this better."
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"I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in."
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Tony Curtis
"I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in."
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"I had to study acting to basically educate myself."
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Boris Kodjoe
"I had to study acting to basically educate myself."
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"I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk."
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Maximilian Schell
"I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk."
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"I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth."
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Martin Sheen
"I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth."
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"Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused."
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Liev Schreiber
"Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused."
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"Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot."
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Anthony Michael Hall
"Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot."
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"I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work."
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Gregory Hines
"I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work."
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"And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie."
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Sean William Scott
"And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie."
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"I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play."
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Vincent Schiavelli
"I directed a piece of theater in Italy. We took nine fables from the town and we created a play."
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"People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people."
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John Goodman
"People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people."
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"I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show."
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Harry Hamlin
"I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show."
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