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"Initially I probably didn't even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagine the world in which you want to inhabit, so you put some clothes on and just kind of freely imagine this world, and it's a total imaginary world."

"Initially I probably didn't even call it acting, but dressing up or something. As a kid I think you fully imagine the world in which you want to inhabit, so you put some clothes on and just kind of freely imagine this world, and it's a total imaginary world."

Hugo Weaving, Nigerian Actor

Acting, Clothes, Want, World

22

"We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that."

"We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that."

Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian Actor

Fight, Profession, Quick, Spirit

22

"Repetition on things like that becomes quite painful. If you do a stunt sometimes it can look like a stunt."

"Repetition on things like that becomes quite painful. If you do a stunt sometimes it can look like a stunt."

Marton Csokas, New Zealander Actor

22

"I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then."

"I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then."

Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian Actor

22

"I highly recommend tantric sex workshops."

"I highly recommend tantric sex workshops."

Sheryl Lee, American Actor

22

"It's a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem."

"It's a lot more fun for actors to cry and rant and rave, or have a drug problem or a drinking problem."

Jerry Orbach, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Drinking, Fun

22

"Just the fact that I've lived more, and I'm not concerned about when I am going to get my next job anymore. This business is free-lance and it's not a steady job. Younger, I would have been more preoccupied with myself."

"Just the fact that I've lived more, and I'm not concerned about when I am going to get my next job anymore. This business is free-lance and it's not a steady job. Younger, I would have been more preoccupied with myself."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

Business, Fact, Job

22

"As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school."

"As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

Actor, School, Voice

22

"People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue."

"People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue."

Martin Short, American Actor

Father, People, Irish

22

"It's a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it's about a man who's been doing bad; bad things. And he's a father of four children in parochial school, he's a lieutenant of detectives, but he's in conflict with himself and with trying to do what's right."

"It's a very, very fascinating story for me, cause it's about a man who's been doing bad; bad things. And he's a father of four children in parochial school, he's a lieutenant of detectives, but he's in conflict with himself and with trying to do what's right."

Harvey Keitel, American Actor

Father, Cause, Children, Conflict

22

"To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man."

"To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man."

Marcel Marceau, French Actor

Thought, Thoughts, Man, Silence

22

"I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind."

"I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Mind, Night, Romantic

22

"I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things."

"I'm not ready for another series. I have fun doing other kinds of things."

Robert Urich, American Actor

22

"I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things."

"I tend to discourage people from calling me 'Sir Ian,' because I don't like being separated out from the rest of the population. Of course, it can be useful if you're writing an official letter, like trying to get a visa or something passed through Parliament. They're impressed by these things."

Ian McKellen, English Actor

People, Being, Parliament, Population

22

"There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth."

"There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth."

Michael Gambon, British Actor

22

"It still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life was totally devoted to Star Trek and almost nothing else."

"It still frightens me a little bit to think that so much of my life was totally devoted to Star Trek and almost nothing else."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

22

"I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting."

"I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

22

"The Professional Children's School, it's for professional kids, so if you wanted to ditch, you could just write, Audition on a note and leave. I didn't really like school all that much."

"The Professional Children's School, it's for professional kids, so if you wanted to ditch, you could just write, Audition on a note and leave. I didn't really like school all that much."

Kieran Culkin, American Actor

Children, Kids, School

22

"Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa."

"Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa."

Paul Robeson, American Actor

Travel, Independence, Reason, State

22

"The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away."

"The focus and the concentration and the attention to detail that flying takes is a kind of meditation. I find it restful and engaging, and other things slip away."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Attention, Detail, Flying, Focus

22

"I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it."

"I think if you're fame-hungry, go out to a nightclub and get drunk... why do that? I don't understand how some people would want fame so bad that they'd go out and get negative attention to earn it."

Zac Efron, American Actor

People, Negative, Attention, Fame

22

"I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now."

"I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now."

Larry Hagman, American Actor

22

"I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do."

"I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Day, Girls, Now

22

"I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again."

"I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again."

Stellan Skarsgard, Swedish Actor

Play, School, Snow, Spring

21

"Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps."

"Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps."

Jonathan Frakes, American Actor

Time, Day, Now, Preparation

21

"The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s."

"The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

21

"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."

"For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Life, Being, Meaning

21

"I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive."

"I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive."

John Raitt, American Actor

21

"I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way."

"I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Woman, Women, Sex, Being, Sex appeal

21

"I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line."

"I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line."

Maximilian Schell, Swiss Actor

Shakespeare, Tragedy

21

"I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance."

"I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance."

Kenny Baker, British Actor

Chance, Holiday

20

"If you shake your fist, the other guy will shake his too. But if you extend your hand to shake their hand, then they will extend theirs also, and you've made a friend."

"If you shake your fist, the other guy will shake his too. But if you extend your hand to shake their hand, then they will extend theirs also, and you've made a friend."

Ricardo Montalban, Mexican Actor

Friendship, Friend, Will

20

"No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know."

"No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

20

"When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'"

"When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'"

Rip Torn, American Actor

Father, Dad, People, Hope, Man

20

"I came all this way for a reason. Today is the day of salvation. Trust Jesus to save you. Then be sincere as God knows a pretender."

"I came all this way for a reason. Today is the day of salvation. Trust Jesus to save you. Then be sincere as God knows a pretender."

Kirk Cameron, American Actor

Trust, God, Day, Reason

20

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

20

"Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me."

"Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

20

"It seems essential to try to find some meaning to life and I guess Jungian philosophy is the one that's helped me understand myself and the world more than anything else."

"It seems essential to try to find some meaning to life and I guess Jungian philosophy is the one that's helped me understand myself and the world more than anything else."

Noah Taylor, Australian Actor

Life, Meaning, Philosophy, World

20

"If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later."

"If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later."

Ed Harris, American Actor

20

"All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists."

"All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Artist, Artists

20

"Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers."

"Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers."

Goran Visnjic, Croatian Actor

Time, Character, Being

20

"I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone."

"I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

20

"An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow."

"An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow."

Lawrence Barrett, American Actor

20

"I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work."

"I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Money, Work, Respect, Writer

20

"Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life."

"Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

Life, Marriage, Failure

20

"I don't like to dwell all day over one scene as you do in a big feature."

"I don't like to dwell all day over one scene as you do in a big feature."

Jerry Orbach, American Actor

20

"I was in the gym five days a week, two hours a day. At one point, I was going seven days straight. I had put on a lot of weight, and then I started losing it drastically, so I was worried. It turned out I was overworking myself. My trainer told me that I couldn't break a sweat, because I was burning more calories than I was putting on."

"I was in the gym five days a week, two hours a day. At one point, I was going seven days straight. I had put on a lot of weight, and then I started losing it drastically, so I was worried. It turned out I was overworking myself. My trainer told me that I couldn't break a sweat, because I was burning more calories than I was putting on."

Taylor Lautner, American Actor

Day, Losing, Weight

20

"Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well."

"Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

20

"Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that."

"Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that."

Sean Connery, Scottish Actor

Life, Environment, Question

19

"It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is."

"It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is."

Jack Lemmon, American Actor

Life, Comedy, Drama

19

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