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"So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing."

"So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

Living, Singing, Voice

15

"But the drugs are kind of like taboo, at least among me and my friends and the people I've worked with."

"But the drugs are kind of like taboo, at least among me and my friends and the people I've worked with."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

People, Drugs, Friends

15

"It's as much fun to scare as to be scared."

"It's as much fun to scare as to be scared."

Vincent Price, American Actor

15

"Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional."

"Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional."

Anil Kapoor, Indian Actor

Inspirational, Inspiration

15

"It's kind of fun when it's you versus them."

"It's kind of fun when it's you versus them."

Julian McMahon, Australian Actor

15

"The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it."

"The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it."

Kevin Sorbo, American Actor

Funny, Time, Television

15

"It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful."

"It's difficult being a child actor. I don't think everything beautiful has to be exploited. Some things can be beautiful and left beautiful."

Rick Schroder, American Actor

15

"The majority of information I gave police was about my wife and her family, which is what they wanted."

"The majority of information I gave police was about my wife and her family, which is what they wanted."

Robert Blake, American Actor

Family, Wife, Information, Majority

15

"Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?"

"Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?"

Alec Guinness, English Actor

15

"Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting."

"Music is a hobby, because I'm not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting."

River Phoenix, American Actor

Money, Music, Acting, Conviction

15

"I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career."

"I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

Work, Business, Career, Heroes

15

"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition."

"The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Comfort, Intuition, Wilderness

15

"Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public."

"Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public."

Robert Morley, English Actor

Work, Fool, Public

15

"I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street."

"I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street."

James McAvoy, Scottish Actor

Celebrity, Events, Film, Result

15

"Success, and even life itself, wouldn't be worth anything if I didn't have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me."

"Success, and even life itself, wouldn't be worth anything if I didn't have my wife and children by my side. They mean everything to me."

Jude Law, British Actor

Life, Success, Wife, Children

15

"I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny."

"I liked getting the best villain award. I thought that was funny."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

15

"I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame."

"I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

Self, Sense, Shame

15

"The voice over is a hat you put on right now as opposed to worrying about going through wardrobe, and having to look a certain way. You just got to let your voice do the talking for you."

"The voice over is a hat you put on right now as opposed to worrying about going through wardrobe, and having to look a certain way. You just got to let your voice do the talking for you."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Now, Right, Talking, Voice

15

"I used to be scared of uncertainty; now I get a high out of it."

"I used to be scared of uncertainty; now I get a high out of it."

Jensen Ackles, American Actor

Now, Uncertainty

15

"The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business."

"The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business."

Charlton Heston, American Actor

Art, Business, Movies, Trouble

14

"The simple act of caring is heroic."

"The simple act of caring is heroic."

Edward Albert, American Actor

14

"The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure."

"The last president we had was the smartest guy anyone could remember and he did the dumbest thing anyone has ever seen in the White House so go figure."

Harry Shearer, American Actor

14

"Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment."

"Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment."

Patrick Stewart, English Actor

14

"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

14

"I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief."

"I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief."

Julian McMahon, Australian Actor

Life, Father, Meeting, Pretty

14

"In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force."

"In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force."

Robert Vaughn, American Actor

Fear, Beginning, Force

14

"I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to talk about it in interviews. Why not? That's what everybody thinks about."

"I think people enjoy reading about money, but the people who are in charge of giving me guidance tell me not to talk about it in interviews. Why not? That's what everybody thinks about."

Sean Astin, American Actor

Money, People, Giving, Guidance

14

"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

"Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Thought, Mistake, Fame, Training

14

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Government, Facts, Jokes

14

"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."

"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."

Richard Burton, Welsh Actor

14

"My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father."

"My character Esteban is a guy who really didn't think he was gonna be there at this point in his life. He's in his early 30s. He's got a son. He's raising his son as a single father."

Esai Morales, American Actor

Life, Father, Son, Character

14

"How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?"

"How can you be in hell while you are in my heart?"

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

14

"It's difficult for me to say, but I don't think the sex scenes are particularly erotic."

"It's difficult for me to say, but I don't think the sex scenes are particularly erotic."

Mark Rylance, English Actor

14

"No, well, my father's definitely not Christopher Walken."

"No, well, my father's definitely not Christopher Walken."

Josh Lucas, American Actor

14

"I said 'well, I'll kiss her twice, you see? We'll come around, I'll kiss her, and if you put a little more track down for the camera, then I'll put my tongue down her throat and you'll get what you want'. He said 'You think so?'"

"I said 'well, I'll kiss her twice, you see? We'll come around, I'll kiss her, and if you put a little more track down for the camera, then I'll put my tongue down her throat and you'll get what you want'. He said 'You think so?'"

Rod Steiger, American Actor

Kiss, Tongue, Want

14

"A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time."

"A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time."

Eric Braeden, American Actor

Time, Work, Mother, Children

14

"I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything."

"I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything."

Sean Bean, English Actor

Actor, Being, Intention, Pretty

14

"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."

"I've been looking forward to doing an album, but it's really sad to see how many doors have been closed because of the gay thing. I thought it was about the music."

Jai Rodriguez, American Actor

Music, Thought, Gay

14

"This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone."

"This music isn't Top 40, we really stand out from anyone."

Dustin Diamond, American Actor

14

"I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine."

"I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Faces, Guitar, Now

14

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."

Cary Grant, American Actor

Family, Insanity

14

"I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude."

"I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude."

Richard Fleeshman, English Actor

Attitude, Friends

14

"With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten?"

"With whom do you argue? With a woman, of course. Not with a friend, because he accepted all your defects the moment he found you. Besides, woman is mother-have we forgotten?"

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian Actor

Mother, Friend, Woman

14

"But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?"

"But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?"

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Marriage, People, Relationships, Will

14

"I was the last one to screen test for The Hardy Boys. I'd like to play that's not as clean-cut as Frank Hardy. I play him as straight as possible."

"I was the last one to screen test for The Hardy Boys. I'd like to play that's not as clean-cut as Frank Hardy. I play him as straight as possible."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

14

"I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations."

"I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations."

William Hurt, American Actor

14

"In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me."

"In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

14

"God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money."

"God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Money, God, Help

14

"After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning."

"After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

14

"I'm not so funny. Gilda was funny. I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else."

"I'm not so funny. Gilda was funny. I'm funny on camera sometimes. In life, once in a while. Once in a while. But she was funny. She spent more time worrying about being liked than anything else."

Gene Wilder, American Actor

Funny, Time, Life, Being

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