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"I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing."

"I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing."

Thomas Haden Church, American Actor

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"Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney."

"Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

People, Class, Middle class, Running

53

"Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing."

"Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing."

Gary Busey, American Actor

Mind, Nothing, Open

53

"I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort."

"I am seriously opposed to censorship of any sort."

Don Johnson, American Actor

53

"It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do."

"It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do."

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

England, Television

53

"My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!"

"My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!"

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Time, First, Years

53

"Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30."

"Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30."

John Cusack, American Actor

Greatness, Being, Famous

53

"My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general."

"My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general."

Robert Duvall, American Actor

Father, People, Play

53

"I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies."

"I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies."

Brion James, American Actor

Love, Movies, Work, Care

53

"I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time."

"I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time."

Lalla Ward, English Actor

Love, Time, Books, First

53

"As soon as I get my car I think I'll be going to the cinema more. Since I don't go very often, there are no films that are a must see at the moment. I usually wait till they come out on DVD."

"As soon as I get my car I think I'll be going to the cinema more. Since I don't go very often, there are no films that are a must see at the moment. I usually wait till they come out on DVD."

Tom Felton, English Actor

53

"Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role."

"Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role."

Joshua Leonard, American Actor

53

"How time files when you's doin' all the talking."

"How time files when you's doin' all the talking."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

53

"I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting."

"I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting."

Donald Sutherland, Canadian Actor

Acting, Cynicism

53

"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in."

"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Light, Windows, World

53

"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."

"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."

Brad Pitt, American Actor

Design, Golf, Play, Religious

53

"I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre."

"I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre."

Cyril Cusack, Irish Actor

53

"You will find my last words in the blue folder."

"You will find my last words in the blue folder."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

53

"I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had."

"I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

53

"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

"I started playing ball when I was a kid. My dad was a pro ball player and he passed on his knowledge to me."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Father, Dad, Knowledge

53

"Every movie I've been in has ended up on television."

"Every movie I've been in has ended up on television."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

53

"All fantasy should have a solid base in reality."

"All fantasy should have a solid base in reality."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

Fantasy, Reality

53

"We're going to shoot one Polaroid per show. I'm going to sign this before it even develops because I know that once it develops with my signature on it, it's worth a fortune. I'll make this a work of magic warlock art."

"We're going to shoot one Polaroid per show. I'm going to sign this before it even develops because I know that once it develops with my signature on it, it's worth a fortune. I'll make this a work of magic warlock art."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Art, Work, Fortune, Magic

53

"So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff."

"So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff."

Adam Rich, American Actor

Money, Right, Sales

53

"I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you."

"I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you."

Judd Nelson, American Actor

Thought, People, America, Obvious

53

"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

"My father died. It is still a deep regret to me this day that in choosing acting as my career I was forced to hurt him. He died too early to see I had done the right, the only thing."

Conrad Veidt, German Actor

Father, Acting, Career, Day

53

"For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship."

"For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship."

Warren Beatty, American Actor

53

"I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester."

"I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester."

John Thaw, British Actor

Job, Jobs, School

53

"We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three."

"We have a great time on that show, and we enjoy one another's company on stage and off. And sitcoms don't have bad schedules. We started out working five days a week, but now we're down to three."

Kurtwood Smith, American Actor

Time, Company, Now

53

"True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun."

"True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun."

Barton Booth, English Actor

53

"I'd read the book and liked the book, but it made me really uncomfortable trying to picture myself in this part. Here's this guy who seems to be the embodiment of every single perfect guy."

"I'd read the book and liked the book, but it made me really uncomfortable trying to picture myself in this part. Here's this guy who seems to be the embodiment of every single perfect guy."

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

53

"So I think it's fair to say it's even more of a challenge for some of these actors that are coming up, because there's such a pressure to look good, to be sexy and be palatable to people on whatever level."

"So I think it's fair to say it's even more of a challenge for some of these actors that are coming up, because there's such a pressure to look good, to be sexy and be palatable to people on whatever level."

Anthony Michael Hall, American Actor

People, Actors, Challenge, Pressure

53

"You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind."

"You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind."

Johnny Knoxville, American Actor

53

"I don't know, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce so there's a lot of great people out there who people aren't happy with."

"I don't know, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce so there's a lot of great people out there who people aren't happy with."

Mark Ruffalo, American Actor

People, Divorce

53

"The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product."

"The problem, for me, with the writing programs is that they produce a terrible uniformity of product."

Peter Davison, British Actor

53

"I still have my talent to produce and direct."

"I still have my talent to produce and direct."

Marc Wallice, American Actor

53

"Spelling is very easy to practice yourself whereas signing is not. So I would sit on the subway riding around New York and I would spell whatever I would see. When I watched a movie I would spell words as they came up."

"Spelling is very easy to practice yourself whereas signing is not. So I would sit on the subway riding around New York and I would spell whatever I would see. When I watched a movie I would spell words as they came up."

Richard Masur, American Actor

Practice, Spelling, Words

53

"I'm going to do my best to do both and die of an ulcer at age 30."

"I'm going to do my best to do both and die of an ulcer at age 30."

Shane West, American Actor

53

"I have a suicide impulse."

"I have a suicide impulse."

Hal Holbrook, American Actor

53

"I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family."

"I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

53

"No, Jar Jar Binks was fine by me but probably went on a little bit too long. When they were in trouble and were battling, it should have been more serious and it became a bit too silly."

"No, Jar Jar Binks was fine by me but probably went on a little bit too long. When they were in trouble and were battling, it should have been more serious and it became a bit too silly."

Jeremy Bulloch, British Actor

53

"Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end."

"Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end."

David Niven, English Actor

53

"I found the writing arena to be much less competitive."

"I found the writing arena to be much less competitive."

Phil Hartman, Canadian Actor

53

"I haven't heard from Bobby since May when we had our conversation, but then this thing broke last week, where they arrested him, and we were watching what was going on on the whole deal, and I was actually flabbergasted, at what the then police chief Parks was saying."

"I haven't heard from Bobby since May when we had our conversation, but then this thing broke last week, where they arrested him, and we were watching what was going on on the whole deal, and I was actually flabbergasted, at what the then police chief Parks was saying."

Tommy Bond, American Actor

Conversation, May, Police, Saying

53

"I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me."

"I think I would not be described as a character actor in that I don't take on characteristics which are very alien to me."

Jeremy Irons, English Actor

53

"Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in."

"Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in."

Peter Fonda, American Actor

Family, Mother, Father, Friend

53

"Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life."

"Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life."

Roger Moore, English Actor

53

"What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be something a little bit loose in there."

"What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be something a little bit loose in there."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Dress, Hell, Man

53

"I didn't know you had to change diapers so often. I couldn't believe it - we must change them 10 times a day - each. So that's 20 diapers a piece a day."

"I didn't know you had to change diapers so often. I couldn't believe it - we must change them 10 times a day - each. So that's 20 diapers a piece a day."

Stanley Tucci, American Actor

53

"I've always had way too much energy so I'm always looking for new things to do to channel that energy."

"I've always had way too much energy so I'm always looking for new things to do to channel that energy."

Channing Tatum, American Actor

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