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"You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really."

"You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really."

Richard Roxburgh, Australian Actor

55

"If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity."

"If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

55

"Jason's got a family, so it's difficult for us to get together."

"Jason's got a family, so it's difficult for us to get together."

Jeremy London, American Actor

55

"When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right."

"When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right."

Michael Caine, English Actor

55

"Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby."

"Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby."

Jack Scalia, American Actor

55

"You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun."

"You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun."

David Spade, American Actor

55

"I never want to sort of put all the cards on the table all at once, because that's somehow there's always a journey to go on. There's always something to be revealed, in my mind, about characters."

"I never want to sort of put all the cards on the table all at once, because that's somehow there's always a journey to go on. There's always something to be revealed, in my mind, about characters."

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

Cards, Journey, Mind, Want

55

"People say I make strange choices, but they're not strange for me. My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people."

"People say I make strange choices, but they're not strange for me. My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

People, Behavior, Choices, Sickness

55

"Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater."

"Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

Theatre, Theater

55

"I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way."

"I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way."

Steve Buscemi, American Actor

Society, People, Feeling

55

"I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him."

"I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him."

Joaquin Phoenix, American Actor

Music, Country, Country music

55

"Before you do anything, you need to know if it's right or wrong."

"Before you do anything, you need to know if it's right or wrong."

Andy Lau, Chinese Actor

55

"With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's something that's consistently happening and it makes these movies like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetics without emotion."

"With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its relationship with the threat on the screen. That's something that's consistently happening and it makes these movies like video games and that's a soulless enterprise. It's all kinetics without emotion."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Movies, Army, Emotion, Enemies

55

"At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window and seeing no one lying there."

"At the end of the first Halloween, when I shot 6 bullets into Michael Myers, John Carpenter said, Let's get a shot of you looking out of the window and seeing no one lying there."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

End, First, Lying

55

"The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater."

"The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater."

William Petersen, American Actor

Wife, Act, Chicago, Theater

55

"When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die."

"When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

Art, College, Painting

55

"Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all."

"Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

Nature, Animals, Right

55

"I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg."

"I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg."

Jack Klugman, American Actor

Career, Day, Race

55

"But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent effort to really shadow the directors because in many ways they have to be more prepared than feature directors."

"But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent effort to really shadow the directors because in many ways they have to be more prepared than feature directors."

Anthony Michael Hall, American Actor

Effort, Now, Question, Shadow

55

"I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it."

"I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it."

Johnny Weissmuller, American Actor

55

"The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering' -come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer."

"The idea that every time you do a film you're supposed to be tortured confuses me. I mean, guys who say, 'Oh, it's really tough, my character is really suffering' -come on. For us, even in the rotten ones we've had a good time. I don't think you have to suffer."

George Clooney, American Actor

Time, Idea, Character, Film

55

"If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job."

"If I were a serious person, I'd probably have a real job."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

55

"I'm happy being an actor, it's what I have always wanted to do. I'm just lucky I got to do it so early."

"I'm happy being an actor, it's what I have always wanted to do. I'm just lucky I got to do it so early."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

55

"We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question."

"We are in a democratic society. It's our job to question."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Society, Job, Question

55

"My last real job was selling air time for CBS affiliates. I quit that when I was 28, and that was the last real job I had. I beat the system. I've been able to do this full-time for almost 15 years."

"My last real job was selling air time for CBS affiliates. I quit that when I was 28, and that was the last real job I had. I beat the system. I've been able to do this full-time for almost 15 years."

James Denton, American Actor

Time, Selling, Job, Years

55

"George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar."

"George Lucas puts those types of characters in for the kids. Same with Jar Jar."

Peter Mayhew, British Actor

55

"I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say."

"I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say."

John Lone, American Actor

People, Obvious

55

"I've been working with them for a couple years and a couple of projects. Essentially Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the chief litigator for this corporation, this Alliance, and their job is to prosecute corporate polluters of the great bodies of water in North America."

"I've been working with them for a couple years and a couple of projects. Essentially Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is the chief litigator for this corporation, this Alliance, and their job is to prosecute corporate polluters of the great bodies of water in North America."

Richard Dean Anderson, American Actor

Alliance, America, Corporate, Job

55

"There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open."

"There's always the new wrinkle. One must keep one's eyes always open."

George Peppard, American Actor

Eye, Eyes, Open

55

"Ultimately, I'm a mess. I don't mean I'm a mess, like, emotionally - I mean, I think probably everybody's a mess. David's a mess. But. I'm talking about... I'm messy."

"Ultimately, I'm a mess. I don't mean I'm a mess, like, emotionally - I mean, I think probably everybody's a mess. David's a mess. But. I'm talking about... I'm messy."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

55

"The camera looks into your soul."

"The camera looks into your soul."

Joe Pantoliano, American Actor

55

"I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed."

"I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed."

Michael Caine, English Actor

55

"To tell you the truth I am hard put to think of anyone who's career was affected significantly by making all those phone calls and I must be wrong. I must be wrong! Because it has just got to pay off!"

"To tell you the truth I am hard put to think of anyone who's career was affected significantly by making all those phone calls and I must be wrong. I must be wrong! Because it has just got to pay off!"

Dabney Coleman, American Actor

Truth, Career, Wrong

55

"You know how most dogs lick you on the cheek? If you're sleeping and not ready for it, my dog, Joe, will get his tongue inside your mouth. It's by far the worst kiss I've ever had."

"You know how most dogs lick you on the cheek? If you're sleeping and not ready for it, my dog, Joe, will get his tongue inside your mouth. It's by far the worst kiss I've ever had."

Will Estes, American Actor

Kiss, Dogs, Tongue, Will

55

"The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets."

"The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets."

Aaron Eckhart, American Actor

55

"The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it."

"The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

Difference, Film, Stars

55

"I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child."

"I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child."

Burt Ward, American Actor

Daughter, Children, Generations, Philosophy

55

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

Richard Gere, American Actor

55

"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."

"Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Father, Dad, Family, School

55

"It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high."

"It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high."

Steven Seagal, American Actor

Pet, Work, Mother, Friend

55

"First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued."

"First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued."

Adam Arkin, American Actor

55

"I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need."

"I don't think that bravery is about skin. Bravery is about a willingness to show emotional need."

Richard Gere, American Actor

55

"I have no complaints on any level. I'm pretty happy about the way everything has turned out."

"I have no complaints on any level. I'm pretty happy about the way everything has turned out."

Martin Milner, American Actor

Complaint, Complaints, Pretty

55

"As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of."

"As you get older and ease your way into being a character actor you have to be comfortable with where you are in life and career, and I'm very comfortable with what I'm doing - working on projects I'm proud of."

George Clooney, American Actor

Life, Character, Being

55

"I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy."

"I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

55

"The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States."

"The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States."

Brendan Fraser, American Actor

Power, states, United

55

"Atreyu comes from a land called Fantasia. It's an imaginary land."

"Atreyu comes from a land called Fantasia. It's an imaginary land."

Noah Hathaway, American Actor

55

"I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other."

"I really think I ambled through a lot of my life, or ambled from one thing to the other."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

55

"Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting."

"Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

55

"But when you're a working actor - and that's what you keep saying in your head, how blessed you are to have a job - and you are working with heavyweights, working with the best guys in TV, it's pretty cool. Exhausting, but cool."

"But when you're a working actor - and that's what you keep saying in your head, how blessed you are to have a job - and you are working with heavyweights, working with the best guys in TV, it's pretty cool. Exhausting, but cool."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Actor, Job, Pretty, Saying

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