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Quotes by Actor

"For Hunchback, we needed this live, gigantic choir. So we went to London and said, This is Disney! I need singers who can sing high D's, hold them for 18 seconds, and do it 60 times!"

"I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role."

"I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are."

"I was born in 1961. Now I think the 16 years that elapsed between 1961 and the end of the wars is nothing. To a child growing up it felt like an eternity, an entirely different world."

"They all went down in droves because just scenes of palm trees and beaches can get pretty boring."

"I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real."


"It's not a master plan to do every remake and every recreation of icons. It's just what I've been hired to do."


"The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable."

"Kitsch is more dangerous than it looks when taken to the extreme."

"Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it."

"I went to Ithaca, found the Grateful Dead and my life was changed."

"Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see."

"I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately."


"All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs."

"A girl's legs are her best friends... but even the best of friends must part."

"There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment on the way to school or anywhere that I was walking out on stage."


"Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland."

"Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It's just that constant strangeness. I think it's a very real thing."

"I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist."

"Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same."

"I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief."

"I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold."
Gold,

"I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage."

"So I'm going to go on and work on preserving the ozone layer, encouraging everyone to recycle."

"Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top."
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