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"I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work."

"I think of doing a series as very hard work. But then I've talked to coal miners, and that's really hard work."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

Work, Hard work

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"My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15."

"My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Home, Mother, Father

54

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."

John Barrymore, American Actor

Happiness, Open

54

"The making of television has changed quite a bit. Now you have to do them n cheaper budgets."

"The making of television has changed quite a bit. Now you have to do them n cheaper budgets."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

Budgets, Now, Television

54

"For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool."

"For electronica music, David Linton has been doing this series called Unity Gain, which is pretty cool."

Jim Coleman, American Actor

Music, Gain, Pretty, Unity

54

"But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever."

"But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

Months, Result, Talk

54

"Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment."

"Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment."

Robert Wagner, American Actor

54

"I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."

"I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time."

Orson Welles, American Actor

54

"The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project."

"The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it took to get me on that project."

John Ratzenberger, American Actor

Actor, Cute, Drama, Help

54

"You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before."

"You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before."

Scott Speedman, English Actor

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"I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right."

"I think that rap is narrative, when it's done right."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

54

"First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford."

"First of all I thought it was ugly, I thought it was ridiculous that undercover police guys would drive a striped tomato and I've never been a big champion of Ford."

Paul M. Glaser, American Actor

Thought, First, Police, Ugly

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"The last decade has been a little rough, so I'm hoping to start this one on the right foot."

"The last decade has been a little rough, so I'm hoping to start this one on the right foot."

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American Actor

54

"I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals."

"I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals."

Fred Melamed, American Actor

Judaism, Rituals

54

"I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai."

"I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

54

"I've made my peace with myself."

"I've made my peace with myself."

Broderick Crawford, American Actor

54

"The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family."

"The place was built on the premise that people want to gamble, and they may as well do it here. They look after their clientele, and, hell, they treat me like I'm one of their family."

Wilford Brimley, American Actor

Family, People, Hell, May

54

"Writing is an antidote for loneliness."

"Writing is an antidote for loneliness."

Steven Berkoff, English Actor

Loneliness, Writing

54

"Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?"

"Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod?"

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

Act, Dying, Fish, Rivers

54

"I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know."

"I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

Content, Hollywood

54

"Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof."

"Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

Comedy, Film, First, Girls

54

"But I want to do good work, after this series."

"But I want to do good work, after this series."

Jackie Cooper, American Actor

54

"I'm a big believer in therapy. I'm in therapy in real life. I think anytime you can bitch and moan about your own life to someone who really doesn't care that much, and can give you an objective opinion about what you're going through, I think that's valuable."

"I'm a big believer in therapy. I'm in therapy in real life. I think anytime you can bitch and moan about your own life to someone who really doesn't care that much, and can give you an objective opinion about what you're going through, I think that's valuable."

Eric Stoltz, American Actor

Life, Care, Opinion, Therapy

54

"If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place."

"If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

54

"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."

"My focus is that firearms are handled safely and that we can continue to enjoy them here in North America."

Steve Kanaly, American Actor

54

"It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it."

"It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it."

Peter Mayhew, British Actor

Time, Character

54

"I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby."

"I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby."

Christian Slater, American Actor

54

"Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been to a house of prostitution, but I understand that you get in more than seven minutes."

"Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been to a house of prostitution, but I understand that you get in more than seven minutes."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

54

"I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it."

"I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it."

Richard O'Brien, English Actor

Work, Job, Theatre

54

"I think Pirandello had something to say to people about what truth really is."

"I think Pirandello had something to say to people about what truth really is."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

54

"I'd gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order and everybody else had seen me with this what must have looked like this creature, this animal, sitting on the top of my head!"

"I'd gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order and everybody else had seen me with this what must have looked like this creature, this animal, sitting on the top of my head!"

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

54

"I like for there to be a moral, for the character to have gotten something out of the experience."

"I like for there to be a moral, for the character to have gotten something out of the experience."

Jeremy London, American Actor

Experience, Character

54

"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."

John Lithgow, American Actor

Mother, Shakespeare

54

"You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about."

"You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

54

"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."

"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

Life, Comedy, Tragedy

54

"If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead."

"If I speak of Vienna it must be in the past tense, as a man speaks of a woman he has loved and who is dead."

Erich von Stroheim, Austrian Actor

Man, Past, Woman

54

"Thank God for the theater."

"Thank God for the theater."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

54

"The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."

"The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

54

"The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age."

"The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age."

Orson Welles, American Actor

Age, Life, Society, Class

54

"Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken."

"Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

Actor, Being, Day, Today

54

"In London they don't like you if you're still alive."

"In London they don't like you if you're still alive."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

54

"Our campaign is powered by college students who are not about to let the first genocide of the 21st century happen on their watch."

"Our campaign is powered by college students who are not about to let the first genocide of the 21st century happen on their watch."

Ross Martin, American Actor

College, First, Genocide, Students

54

"You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people."

"You're confronted with the quandary: do I grind things to a halt? Ideally you would, but I have better things to do than educate people."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

54

"This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be."

"This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

Actor, states, United, World

54

"I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that."

"I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that."

Steve Guttenberg, American Actor

Love, Money, Power, Fame

54

"If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme song from 'Three's Company'."

"If I found a cure for a huge disease, while I was hobbling up onstage to accept the Nobel Prize they'd be playing the theme song from 'Three's Company'."

John Ritter, American Actor

Company, Cure, Disease, Song

54

"It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material."

"It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

54

"But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile."

"But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile."

Mandy Patinkin, American Actor

Time, Thought, Idea, Theatre

54

"I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you."

"I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you."

Willie Aames, American Actor

54

"I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship."

"I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

Talent, School, University

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