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Quotes by Actor

"There's a discipline. When you take someone's portrait, you don't have to take 50 photographs, just find that one so that when you release the shutter, that's the image that you took."
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Matthew Modine
"There's a discipline. When you take someone's portrait, you don't have to take 50 photographs, just find that one so that when you release the shutter, that's the image that you took."
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"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."
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Richard Farnsworth
"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."
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"I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill."
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John C. Reilly
"I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill."
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"Time will tell us what we did and didn't do."
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Harvey Fierstein
"Time will tell us what we did and didn't do."
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"All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room."
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Martin Short
"All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room."
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"Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s."
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Jet Li
"Every President that went to China, I would meet them and have dinner and talk about the past and the future. That was in the '70s."
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"It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all."
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James Stewart
"It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all."
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"Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God."
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Cyril Cusack
"Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God."
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"I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months."
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Matthew Perry
"I would like you all to give me a round of applause as I have not crashed my car in over 15 months."
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"I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing."
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Daniel Day Lewis
"I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing."
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"As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around."
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Patrick Stewart
"As the captain, I was going to be having the dominant role in most of the episodes, and that was appealing. I wasn't interested in coming to Hollywood to sit around."
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"I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that."
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William Devane
"I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that."
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"I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want."
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Parker Stevenson
"I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want."
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"An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie."
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Christopher Walken
"An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie."
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"Tick is a cartoon character, I don't know if you're familiar with him. This is the third step in his evolution. Comic book to cartoon to, now, live-action."
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Patrick Warburton
"Tick is a cartoon character, I don't know if you're familiar with him. This is the third step in his evolution. Comic book to cartoon to, now, live-action."
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"Very intense first summer out, to be 18 years old and never having gone on a date, never having smoked a cigarette, never had a drink, even a sip of beer, never kissed a girl, all of those things. It made for a fairly intense first year out."
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Peter Jurasik
"Very intense first summer out, to be 18 years old and never having gone on a date, never having smoked a cigarette, never had a drink, even a sip of beer, never kissed a girl, all of those things. It made for a fairly intense first year out."
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"I want my audience to know me for my work, not because of who I'm dating or what drugs I'm on or what club I went to."
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Shia LaBeouf
"I want my audience to know me for my work, not because of who I'm dating or what drugs I'm on or what club I went to."
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"I said it was my feeling that the American people would struggle for peace, and that has since been underscored by the President of these United States."
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Paul Robeson
"I said it was my feeling that the American people would struggle for peace, and that has since been underscored by the President of these United States."
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"Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had."
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Michael Patrick Jann
"Basically, when I look at my life, I think I'm lucky to be given the opportunities I've had."
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"Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why."
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Max von Sydow
"Perhaps I scare people. I don't know why."
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"I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before."
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Christopher Atkins
"I had a lot of coaching for the movie and no, I have never sung professionally before."
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"I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do."
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Morris Chestnut
"I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do."
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"Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good."
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Brendan Fraser
"Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good."
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"The amateur porn business makes $11 billion a year. They don't get bad reviews."
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Joe Pantoliano
"The amateur porn business makes $11 billion a year. They don't get bad reviews."
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"Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you."
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Drew Carey
"Nevada's one of the most conservative states in the Union, but you can do what you want in Vegas and nobody judges you."
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"I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it."
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Anthony Hopkins
"I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it."
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"I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered."
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Olivier Martinez
"I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered."
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"I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene."
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Patrick Warburton
"I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene."
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"I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars."
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Michael Caine
"I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars."
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"My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
"My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave."
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"AH I know is what I see in the papers."
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Will Rogers
"AH I know is what I see in the papers."
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"Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience."
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Nicholas Lea
"Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience."
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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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"Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time."
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Donnie Yen
"Bruce is the man. He was definitely ahead of his time."
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"Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it."
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Robert Redford
"Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to go somewhere to watch television and leave something to see it."
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"I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red."
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Kurtwood Smith
"I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red."
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"Boom, crush. Night, losers. Winning, duh."
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Charlie Sheen
"Boom, crush. Night, losers. Winning, duh."
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"Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!"
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James MacArthur
"Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!"
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"I've got two old Volvos, two old Subarus, and an old Ford Ranger. If you've got an old car, you've gotta have at least several old cars, 'cause one's always gonna be in the garage."
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Rip Torn
"I've got two old Volvos, two old Subarus, and an old Ford Ranger. If you've got an old car, you've gotta have at least several old cars, 'cause one's always gonna be in the garage."
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"Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out."
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Vincent Schiavelli
"Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out."
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"The show had run its course on the Fox network."
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Will Arnett
"The show had run its course on the Fox network."
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"I don't have goals in life."
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Olivier Martinez
"I don't have goals in life."
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"I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive."
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John Raitt
"I'll sing as long as people want to hear me, and I'll be able to sing as long as I'm alive."
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"I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days."
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Kabir Bedi
"I'm not the sort to wallow in nostalgia about the good old days."
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"And I don't know where I'm heading. I mean, I've got a pretty good idea of what I want in life."
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Jim Coleman
"And I don't know where I'm heading. I mean, I've got a pretty good idea of what I want in life."
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"My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay with my grandfather on the farm in Longview. He was retired from the railroad, and he had a small farm with some cows and some pigs. I remember part of my youth was feeding hogs and plowing fields and stuff, so that's a part of me."
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Forest Whitaker
"My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay with my grandfather on the farm in Longview. He was retired from the railroad, and he had a small farm with some cows and some pigs. I remember part of my youth was feeding hogs and plowing fields and stuff, so that's a part of me."
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"The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I'd be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby."
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Vin Diesel
"The thing that stood out above and beyond all the experiences was this relationship with the nine-month-old baby. On weekends, I'd be thinking about going back to set on Monday just to see the baby."
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"I'm sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime."
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Keanu Reeves
"I'm sorry my existence is not very noble or sublime."
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"Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects."
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Christopher Eccleston
"Any horror element is as much psychological as special effects."
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