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"I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better."
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David Strathairn
"I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better."
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"Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn't make it a teen movie."
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Brendan Fehr
"Just because you have teenagers in a movie doesn't make it a teen movie."
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"Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best."
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Steven Hill
"Some of the onus falls on us to make ourselves available for the ball, because we need to play inside-out. That's when we're at our best."
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"One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself."
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Ed Harris
"One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself."
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"A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity."
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Vin Diesel
"A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity."
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"I like poems that are complex."
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Peter Davison
"I like poems that are complex."
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"But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction."
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Andre Braugher
"But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction."
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"Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer."
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Olivier Martinez
"Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer."
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"Make crime pay. Become a lawyer."
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Will Rogers
"Make crime pay. Become a lawyer."
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"I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey."
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Daniel Day Lewis
"I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey."
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"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."
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Dom DeLuise
"I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel."
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"Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all."
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Johnny Depp
"Life's pretty good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate, after all."
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"I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself."
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Omar Sharif
"I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself."
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"I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket."
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Moe Howard
"I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket."
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"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."
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Adrian Edmondson
"Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart."
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"I never make conscious decisions."
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Anthony Hopkins
"I never make conscious decisions."
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"I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me."
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Leon Askin
"I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me."
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"I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that."
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Mickey Rourke
"I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that."
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"I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life."
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Lee Tergesen
"I would say that playing this character has caused me to think about a lot of things. He's always questioning himself and trying to get back to something he lost touch with and trying to find forgiveness. Everybody struggles with these things to some extent in their life."
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"I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous."
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Christian Bale
"I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous."
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"If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'"
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John Wayne
"If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'"
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"The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well."
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Rupert Grint
"The characters in the book grow up with us. My voice has broken as well."
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"Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in."
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Stephen Collins
"Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in."
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"Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting."
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Shemar Moore
"Television is in a different time because of reality television, so it's not as exciting."
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"Real living is living for others."
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Bruce Lee
"Real living is living for others."
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"You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in."
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Bradley Whitford
"You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in."
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"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."
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John Bach
"To the timid soul, nothing is possible."
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"So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends."
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David Strathairn
"So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends."
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"I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."
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Gael Garcia Bernal
"I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays."
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"I haven't got a car or a house. I've got a wife, but I didn't pay for her! I spend all my money on my glorious wife. She's here with a knife at my throat!"
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Mackenzie Crook
"I haven't got a car or a house. I've got a wife, but I didn't pay for her! I spend all my money on my glorious wife. She's here with a knife at my throat!"
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"It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There's a real story that goes along with it and a movie seemed like the right kind of transition to make."
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Christian Slater
"It's almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There's a real story that goes along with it and a movie seemed like the right kind of transition to make."
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"It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?"
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John Goodman
"It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?"
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"The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other."
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Will Rogers
"The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other."
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"With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily."
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Robert Downey, Jr.
"With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily."
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"When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again."
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Michael McKean
"When we can figure out a way to really tour and make a profit, then we'll do it again."
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"What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference."
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James Caan
"What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference."
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"I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a certain time you are no age but you don't think you are anything. You feel the life you have lived. I feel that. It's been a long fifty years."
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Bob Geldof
"I do think I feel it but you don't think you are cause at a certain time you are no age but you don't think you are anything. You feel the life you have lived. I feel that. It's been a long fifty years."
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"I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly."
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James Denton
"I still treat every job as if I might never get hired again as far as the way I save money and live really modestly."
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"I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond."
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Will Estes
"I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond."
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"Even the police have an unlisted number."
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Morey Amsterdam
"Even the police have an unlisted number."
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"I was famous from birth."
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Peter Fonda
"I was famous from birth."
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"Vanity is my favourite sin."
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Al Pacino
"Vanity is my favourite sin."
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"I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material."
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Orlando Bloom
"I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material."
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"All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least."
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Richard Gere
"All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least."
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"You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future."
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Andy Griffith
"You know when you're young you think you will always be. As you become more fragile, you reflect and you realize how much comfort can come from the past. Hymns can carry you into the future."
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"It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character."
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David Ogden Stiers
"It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character."
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"I have no prejudice against male or female."
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John Lone
"I have no prejudice against male or female."
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"She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special."
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Albert Finney
"She is up there with the best of them. I can only talk about my experience, but it was genuinely special."
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"I don't know anything about baseball."
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Sean Connery
"I don't know anything about baseball."
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"I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks."
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James MacArthur
"I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks."
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