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Quotes by Actor

"My definition of success is control."
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Kenneth Branagh
"My definition of success is control."
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"Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary."
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Tim Roth
"Certainly coming to America has been extraordinary."
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"I think the intelligent thing about it is that you have to carefully listen to it all to grasp it, and because I'm not in every scene - colossal disappointment to everybody that it may be - I'm not getting the full picture here today while recording it."
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Paul Darrow
"I think the intelligent thing about it is that you have to carefully listen to it all to grasp it, and because I'm not in every scene - colossal disappointment to everybody that it may be - I'm not getting the full picture here today while recording it."
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"Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise."
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Harvey Fierstein
"Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise."
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"I said 'well, I'll kiss her twice, you see? We'll come around, I'll kiss her, and if you put a little more track down for the camera, then I'll put my tongue down her throat and you'll get what you want'. He said 'You think so?'"
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Rod Steiger
"I said 'well, I'll kiss her twice, you see? We'll come around, I'll kiss her, and if you put a little more track down for the camera, then I'll put my tongue down her throat and you'll get what you want'. He said 'You think so?'"
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"If you think it's going to rain, it will."
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Clint Eastwood
"If you think it's going to rain, it will."
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"No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public."
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Joaquin Phoenix
"No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public."
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"It's a first for me. It's my first nude scene."
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Danny DeVito
"It's a first for me. It's my first nude scene."
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"One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself."
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Patrick Stewart
"One of the things that I've come to understand is that as I talk a lot about Picard, what I find is that I'm talking about myself."
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"You know the first time I sat in the chair I felt anything but up, it was very emotional for me. I had a chair in my hotel room, a chair at rehearsal, and I was trying to spend as much time as I could in the chair."
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Gregory Hines
"You know the first time I sat in the chair I felt anything but up, it was very emotional for me. I had a chair in my hotel room, a chair at rehearsal, and I was trying to spend as much time as I could in the chair."
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"I'm obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a happy experience. But my feeling towards the fans is that they delivered me from darkness."
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Tom Baker
"I'm obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a happy experience. But my feeling towards the fans is that they delivered me from darkness."
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"I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say."
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Orlando Bloom
"I'm always amazed at anyone's interest in what I have to say."
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"We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter."
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Robert Duvall
"We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter."
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"Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character."
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Michael Zaslow
"Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character."
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"I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid."
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Tom Wopat
"I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come together in the way I thought they might when I was a kid."
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"Probably the most difficult things were my favorite parts. The make-up and the big fight sequence at the end of the movie were very difficult but really fun and challenging."
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Scott Speedman
"Probably the most difficult things were my favorite parts. The make-up and the big fight sequence at the end of the movie were very difficult but really fun and challenging."
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"Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me."
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Orson Welles
"Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me."
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"I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do."
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James Franco
"I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do."
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"I don't kiss on screen. Period."
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Shahrukh Khan
"I don't kiss on screen. Period."
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"I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us."
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Martin Sheen
"I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us."
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"If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two."
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Danny Bonaduce
"If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two."
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"I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I have to move."
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George Clooney
"I just found out about 10 days ago that I must live 300 or 400 yards from Britney Spears... so now I have to move."
Now,
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"Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.'"
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Ryan Reynolds
"Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.'"
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"If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'"
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John Cleese
"If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'"
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"This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it."
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John C. Reilly
"This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it."
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"Image is what people perceive my life to be. It's nothing like the truth."
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David Hasselhoff
"Image is what people perceive my life to be. It's nothing like the truth."
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"Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with."
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Skeet Ulrich
"Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with."
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"I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues."
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Mackenzie Crook
"I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues."
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"I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure."
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Alan Rickman
"I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure."
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"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."
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Anthony Quinn
"I studied all about Gauguin. He was a banker. He was a banker who - he used to paint on Sundays. And one day he hated himself for painting on Sundays."
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"Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all."
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John Cleese
"Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all."
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"I'm hoping that I'll be able to find a distributor to come into Canada with it, because I think it is a wild and crazy romp that really tells things like it is."
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Burt Ward
"I'm hoping that I'll be able to find a distributor to come into Canada with it, because I think it is a wild and crazy romp that really tells things like it is."
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"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
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Paul Newman
"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
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"I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself."
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Ewan McGregor
"I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself."
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"What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt."
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Gerald McRaney
"What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt."
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"I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay."
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Jason Bateman
"I'm in a little bit of a different situation, because working in the business that I do and living in the city that I live in, I haven't had a problem with people who are gay. Since I was 10 I've been working alongside them, and some of my best friends are gay."
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"There has been much talk referencing what I consider conceptual reports like the Landscape of Choice and documents created as a result of the Great Valley Center."
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Alan Autry
"There has been much talk referencing what I consider conceptual reports like the Landscape of Choice and documents created as a result of the Great Valley Center."
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"All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites."
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Judd Nelson
"All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites."
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"Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it and she has got terrific instincts, I think, as an artist, too."
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Albert Finney
"Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it and she has got terrific instincts, I think, as an artist, too."
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"If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short."
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Jerry Doyle
"If you're not having fun - I don't care what you're doing - don't do it. Move on. Find something else, life's too short."
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"Welding torches, cutting torches and any activity producing a flame outside is prohibited. Any open flame is discouraged."
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John Glover
"Welding torches, cutting torches and any activity producing a flame outside is prohibited. Any open flame is discouraged."
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"I rope steers in team roping events. There's a header and a heeler on a roping team, and I'm the heeler."
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Wilford Brimley
"I rope steers in team roping events. There's a header and a heeler on a roping team, and I'm the heeler."
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"So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible."
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Neil Patrick Harris
"So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible."
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"One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential."
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Bradley Whitford
"One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential."
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"I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium."
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Mackenzie Crook
"I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium."
Pen,
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"After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning."
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Casey Affleck
"After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning."
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"Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all."
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James Caan
"Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all."
Day,
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"If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place."
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Brendan Fraser
"If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place."
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"Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen."
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Morgan Freeman
"Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen."
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"The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted."
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Vincent D'Onofrio
"The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted."
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