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"Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot."

"Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

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"In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the musical aspect of the business. And I'm as critical about music as everybody else is."

"In every interview I've got to explain something about being white but still being into hip hop. It's gone way beyond the musical aspect of the business. And I'm as critical about music as everybody else is."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Music, Business, Being

54

"I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time."

"I'd have to say the whole experience in making The Neverending Story. I had an incredible time."

Noah Hathaway, American Actor

Experience, Time

54

"It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want to experience the other, and to get out of our daily existence."

"It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want to experience the other, and to get out of our daily existence."

Adam Arkin, American Actor

Experience, People, Drinks, Existence

54

"I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate and make a load of money. I just wanted this."

"I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate and make a load of money. I just wanted this."

Terence Stamp, British Actor

54

"I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer."

"I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can accomplish as a performer."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

Change, History, Character, Perception

54

"People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz."

"People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz."

Nathan Lane, American Actor

54

"I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year."

"I have a musical called Goodbye and Good Luck, based on a Grace Paley short story. I also have King Island Christmas, and there are 20 different productions of it this year."

David Friedman, American Actor

Christmas, Goodbye, Grace, Luck

54

"If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money."

"If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money."

Alan Alda, American Actor

54

"I wonder what kind of lives they will have built for themselves when they turn 45 and can't really have any connection with people because they are so used to fleeting sexual."

"I wonder what kind of lives they will have built for themselves when they turn 45 and can't really have any connection with people because they are so used to fleeting sexual."

Randy Harrison, American Actor

People, Connection, Will, Wonder

54

"I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise."

"I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

54

"It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another."

"It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another."

Colin Firth, British Actor

54

"I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way."

"I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

People, Day, Talk, Want

54

"However, we couldn't focus on the films much during the series because we're dumb. Individually we're smart guys, but together we're one big dumb guy, and couldn't concentrate on two things at once."

"However, we couldn't focus on the films much during the series because we're dumb. Individually we're smart guys, but together we're one big dumb guy, and couldn't concentrate on two things at once."

Bruce McCulloch, Canadian Actor

54

"Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes."

"Michael Mann's always been one of my heroes."

Peter Berg, American Actor

54

"I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be."

"I'll be on my third honeymoon, so I'm more of an authority than I care to be."

Alan Thicke, Canadian Actor

Authority, Care

54

"For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better."

"For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

Life, Love, Night, Routine

54

"Look, I get it; you come home, you work hard, and you turn on your TV... You kind of want to escape a little bit and be taken away by something. Our show required you to pay attention, and if that's not what you wanted to do, then it wasn't going to be for you, and that's OK."

"Look, I get it; you come home, you work hard, and you turn on your TV... You kind of want to escape a little bit and be taken away by something. Our show required you to pay attention, and if that's not what you wanted to do, then it wasn't going to be for you, and that's OK."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

Work, Home, Attention, Want

54

"I would not have done much differently, but I would have loved to have done everything better. The truth is, I think I was just getting warmed up when the era ended."

"I would not have done much differently, but I would have loved to have done everything better. The truth is, I think I was just getting warmed up when the era ended."

William Jackson, American Actor

54

"Acting is the ability to dream on cue."

"Acting is the ability to dream on cue."

Ralph Richardson, British Actor

Dream, Ability, Acting

54

"The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next Generation actually want to be me. These impersonations they do are just some way of trying to feel what it must be like to be me. And I understand that! Because it feels really good to be Patrick Stewart!"

"The truth of the matter is, all of those guys on Star Trek: The Next Generation actually want to be me. These impersonations they do are just some way of trying to feel what it must be like to be me. And I understand that! Because it feels really good to be Patrick Stewart!"

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

Truth, Trying, Want

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"I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors."

"I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Want, Washington

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"Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened the door to the moment he left. Now if an actor did that they would say he's over-acting."

"Now that was one thing, but from an actor's point of view, this poor young man, crying from the moment I opened the door to the moment he left. Now if an actor did that they would say he's over-acting."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

Actor, Man, Now, Poor

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"My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good."

"My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good."

Patrick Dempsey, American Actor

Kiss, Pretty, Taste

54

"I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody."

"I'm just saying, it's got to be about something more than just body parts when you're with somebody."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

54

"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system."

"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

Living, Man, Style

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"Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got red hair, we both like sweets, we've both got lots of brothers and sisters."

"Ron was always my favorite character, because I feel like I relate to him, like we've both got red hair, we both like sweets, we've both got lots of brothers and sisters."

Rupert Grint, English Actor

Character, Brothers, Favorite, Hair

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"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose."

"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

People, Law, Violence, Will

54

"What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences."

"What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences."

Rainn Wilson, American Actor

American, Audiences

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"No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah, that was an amazing chance. You know, at my age to be able to do a music dance video, very unusual."

"No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah, that was an amazing chance. You know, at my age to be able to do a music dance video, very unusual."

Christopher Walken, American Actor

Age, Movies, Music, Dance

53

"My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing."

"My only obligation is to keep myself and other people guessing."

Jude Law, British Actor

People, Obligation

53

"Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do."

"Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do."

Anthony Anderson, American Actor

Fun, Hollywood, Want

53

"I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home."

"I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home."

Oliver Reed, English Actor

Home, Work, Woman

53

"I'm a Rangers fan and I love the club but this will be a difficult game."

"I'm a Rangers fan and I love the club but this will be a difficult game."

Graham Roberts, English Actor

53

"We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life."

"We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life."

Colin Firth, British Actor

Life, Son, America

53

"With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite."

"With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite."

Bill Pullman, American Actor

Comedy, Fun, Romantic, Want

53

"When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials."

"When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials."

Andrea Martin, Canadian Actor

53

"I never get involved with the ladies I work with."

"I never get involved with the ladies I work with."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

53

"I have a little brother. He's actually living at my house right now. He's going to be 18."

"I have a little brother. He's actually living at my house right now. He's going to be 18."

Edward Furlong, American Actor

Brother, Living, Now, Right

53

"Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night."

"Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

Wedding, Hate, Night

53

"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber."

"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

53

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

"If I were like your mother, I would be a woman."

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

53

"There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it."

"There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it."

Ian McKellen, English Actor

Life, Energy, Right

53

"My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor."

"My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Work, Character, Goal

53

"I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked."

"I liked the theater. I liked the people. I liked the time that we worked."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

Time, People, Theater

53

"My father was gone when I was three years old."

"My father was gone when I was three years old."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

Father, Old, Years

53

"Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it."

"Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

Time, Care, Mind, Night

53

"I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character."

"I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character."

Jeremy Renner, American Actor

Character, Film

53

"I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western."

"I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western."

Patrick Warburton, American Actor

53

"One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either."

"One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either."

Phil Hartman, Canadian Actor

Progress, Career, Remarkable

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