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"You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting."

"You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting."

Ed Harris, American Actor

Competition, Fighting, Forget, Oil

98

"My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking."

"My father was totally Irish, and so I went to Ireland once. I found it to be very much like New York, for it was a beautiful country, and both the women and men were good-looking."

James Cagney, American Actor

Men, Women, Father, Country

98

"I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom."

"I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

Discipline, Connection, Freedom

97

"I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing."

"I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I've done a lot of writing."

Xander Berkeley, American Actor

97

"I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse."

"I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

97

"I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit."

"I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

96

"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

"You, the actor, must be aware of when you're being funny, but the character you're playing should always be oblivious to the fact."

Jon Lovitz, American Actor

Funny, Character, Being

96

"The schools ain't what they used to be and never was."

"The schools ain't what they used to be and never was."

Will Rogers, American Actor

School, Schools

96

"I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday."

"I'm not the kind of actor that would know what my character had for breakfast last Tuesday."

Liam Neeson, Irish Actor

96

"Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature."

"Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature."

Orson Welles, American Actor

Nature, Hate, Human nature, Race

96

"I have a different constitution. I have a different brain; I have a different heart; I got tiger blood, man."

"I have a different constitution. I have a different brain; I have a different heart; I got tiger blood, man."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Heart, Blood, Constitution, Man

95

"Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off."

"Mainly I was able to perform with music - I played the French horn, I would sing, and I was a drummer in the pipe band. So I think it was a way to show off."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

95

"We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world."

"We created a show and a scenario for college students where they can take what they learn in class every day and apply it to the real world."

Ross Martin, American Actor

Class, College, Day, Students

94

"I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time."

"I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time."

Mako, Japanese Actor

Time, Entertainment, Games, Television

94

"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams."

"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Dream, Dreams, Time, Machines, Memories

94

"They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me."

"They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

94

"I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic."

"I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic."

Vin Diesel, American Actor

Time, First, Hair, Running

94

"I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?"

"I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?"

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Movies, Idea, Character

94

"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them."

"Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

94

"I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm sorry to tell you I can't describe."

"I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm sorry to tell you I can't describe."

John Hurt, British Actor

Hope, Mind, Mulberry, Wine

93

"Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature."

"Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature."

Robert Redford, American Actor

Nature, Sports, Life, Baseball

93

"Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."

"Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."

Cary Grant, American Actor

93

"I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that."

"I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

People, Violence, Years

93

"Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down."

"Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down."

Paul Newman, American Actor

93

"To me, the excitement is in ordering a fine shotgun, going through the process that everybody who has bought one has gone through for 100 years. You order it, you make a significant down payment, and then you wait three or four years for the gun to be custom-made for you."

"To me, the excitement is in ordering a fine shotgun, going through the process that everybody who has bought one has gone through for 100 years. You order it, you make a significant down payment, and then you wait three or four years for the gun to be custom-made for you."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

Custom, Excitement, Order, Years

93

"I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now."

"I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now."

William Kempe, English Actor

Experience, Age, Work, Dancing

93

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

93

"When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy."

"When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy."

Albert Finney, British Actor

Change, Thought, Comedy, Romantic

93

"I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am."

"I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am."

Heath Ledger, Australian Actor

Home, Journey, Old, Years

92

"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

92

"If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"

"If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"

Will Rogers, American Actor

92

"I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic."

"I'm a human being, I'm not a machine. I'm 72. I'm dyslexic."

Robert Blake, American Actor

91

"With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying."

"With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

Acting, Lying, Play

91

"I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine."

"I lived in LA for almost nine years and if I never went back there again it would be fine."

David Cross, American Actor

91

"I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'."

"I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

91

"But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it."

"But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

91

"I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was."

"I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

91

"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it."

"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

90

"I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that."

"I was a very good baseball and football player, but my father always told me I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. There's great truth in that."

John Malkovich, American Actor

Father, Truth, Baseball, Football

90

"I'm not so funny. Gilda was funny. I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else."

"I'm not so funny. Gilda was funny. I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else."

Gene Wilder, American Actor

Funny, Time, Life, Being

90

"Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it."

"Life stinks, but that doesn't mean you don't enjoy it."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

90

"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

90

"I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness."

"I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness."

Ossie Davis, American Actor

Strength, Being, Joy

89

"A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth."

"A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth."

Patrick Murray, British Actor

89

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Will Rogers, American Actor

89

"American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it."

"American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it."

Paul Guilfoyle, American Actor

89

"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."

"The journey has been incredible from its beginning."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

Beginning, Journey

89

"Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen."

"Sorry dude, but we're in a boxing match and you went against your word and tried to make me look weak and stupid in front of 17 million people. That's just not gonna happen."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

People, Boxing, Word

89

"Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her."

"Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her."

Dom DeLuise, American Actor

89

"Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very different people, but we did share a sense of humor, we now live in different parts of the world but when we find ourselves in the same place it is more or less as if there had been no years in between."

"Tony and I had a good on and off screen relationship, we are two very different people, but we did share a sense of humor, we now live in different parts of the world but when we find ourselves in the same place it is more or less as if there had been no years in between."

Roger Moore, English Actor

Humor, People, Now, Sense

89

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