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"I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months."
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Bob Saget
"I just did a play in New York which has been my best experience that I've had for maybe ever. It was Paul Weitz's play called Privilege and I was in New York for three months."
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"Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don't know about categorizing them in terms of class; I'm a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder."
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Tom Hiddleston
"Joanna points her camera at a section of society unused to having cameras pointed at it. But I don't know about categorizing them in terms of class; I'm a bit wary of that. My dad is the son of a shipbuilder."
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"Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it."
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John Ratzenberger
"Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it."
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"And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor."
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Ted Shackelford
"And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor."
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"What does kissing really mean to me? To me, if you feel, when you kiss a girl, that certain feeling of all those dolphins, like, swimming through your blood stream, and you get those good tingles inside your stomach, I don't think there's any better feeling."
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Corey Haim
"What does kissing really mean to me? To me, if you feel, when you kiss a girl, that certain feeling of all those dolphins, like, swimming through your blood stream, and you get those good tingles inside your stomach, I don't think there's any better feeling."
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"Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights."
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Ron Silver
"Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights."
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"You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into."
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Leonard Nimoy
"You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into."
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"If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction."
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Matthew Modine
"If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction."
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"Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo."
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Aaron Yoo
"Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo."
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"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."
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John Barrymore
"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."
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"I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking."
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Robert Stack
"I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking."
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"I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when I was taught the difference between right and wrong as it specifically applied to Catholicism."
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Robert Vaughn
"I suppose you could sum up the religious aspects of my boyhood by saying it was a time of life when I was taught the difference between right and wrong as it specifically applied to Catholicism."
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"It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it."
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Eriq La Salle
"It's my company and I believe in the company that's why I started it."
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"High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun."
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Michael Keaton
"High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun."
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"I never make conscious decisions."
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Anthony Hopkins
"I never make conscious decisions."
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"The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor."
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Wayne Rogers
"The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor."
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"I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always."
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Mandy Patinkin
"I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always."
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"I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life."
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Lee Tergesen
"I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life."
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"A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes."
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Zac Efron
"A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes."
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"A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen."
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Mark Wahlberg
"A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen."
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"For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can."
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Jay Hernandez
"For me, I think that I don't like feeling pressure from outside sources. I'd rather put the pressure on myself and push myself to do it as good as I can."
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"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."
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Marlon Brando
"If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives."
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"In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the art form of making the film, and they both gave it thumbs up, and I was kind of pleased at their honesty as far as reviewers go."
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Michael Berryman
"In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the art form of making the film, and they both gave it thumbs up, and I was kind of pleased at their honesty as far as reviewers go."
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"Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'"
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Orlando Bloom
"Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I never got a scratch on me, never got dirty. And Vig would come out with blood and sweat all over him. And he'd say to me, 'Oh, go manicure your nails.'"
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"Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in."
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Stephen Collins
"Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in."
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"Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech."
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Dom DeLuise
"Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech."
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"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."
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River Phoenix
"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."
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"Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes."
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Warren Beatty
"Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes."
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"I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some of that is geographical. I live in New York and I want to work there, it's as simple as that."
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Campbell Scott
"I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some of that is geographical. I live in New York and I want to work there, it's as simple as that."
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"I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones."
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Xander Berkeley
"I can't help but have my sights set on Scorsese, Cohen Brothers and Spike Jones."
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"I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me."
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James Denton
"I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me."
Men,
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"But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club."
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Rod Taylor
"But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club."
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"I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight."
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James Franco
"I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight."
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"Musicians don't respect a lot of the stuff that is on TRL and a lot of musicians think that stuff on the radio is not good musically so when musicians say that they like us it obviously feels good."
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Adam Rich
"Musicians don't respect a lot of the stuff that is on TRL and a lot of musicians think that stuff on the radio is not good musically so when musicians say that they like us it obviously feels good."
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"It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows."
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John Lithgow
"It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows."
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"First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford."
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Paul M. Glaser
"First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford."
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"Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is."
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David Arquette
"Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is."
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"I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look."
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Kenneth Williams
"I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look."
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"There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else."
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Patrick Warburton
"There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else."
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"The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before."
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Ron Silver
"The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before."
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"If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!"
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Ryan Stiles
"If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!"
Man,
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"I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."
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Thomas Haden Church
"I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."
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"Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about."
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Ed Harris
"Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about."
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"I always, always liked children... I was very afraid of them before. Because I never really grew up, I mean, with a lot of little kids around. Even though I am from a kind of Italian family, I never really grew up with a lot of little kids around."
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Steve Burns
"I always, always liked children... I was very afraid of them before. Because I never really grew up, I mean, with a lot of little kids around. Even though I am from a kind of Italian family, I never really grew up with a lot of little kids around."
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"I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a certain time you are no age but you don't think you are anything. You feel the life you have lived. I feel that. It's been a long fifty years."
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Bob Geldof
"I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a certain time you are no age but you don't think you are anything. You feel the life you have lived. I feel that. It's been a long fifty years."
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"I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about."
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Hugh Grant
"I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about."
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"Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week."
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Will Rogers
"Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week."
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"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."
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Desi Arnaz
"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."
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"I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly."
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James Denton
"I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly."
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"Did you ever see Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke? That's what happens if you really smoke weed and make a movie. You get two guys and no plot and it's basically like, 'Yeah! Let's drive a van made of weed!' And that's pretty much the movie."
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James Franco
"Did you ever see Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke? That's what happens if you really smoke weed and make a movie. You get two guys and no plot and it's basically like, 'Yeah! Let's drive a van made of weed!' And that's pretty much the movie."
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