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Quotes by Actor

"Actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do."

"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."

"I've just had some of the worst situations with the most beautiful girls who I just could not stand talking to anymore. The physical only lasts for so long."

"Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as our prince of peace, of civil rights. We owe him something major that will keep his memory alive."

"As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive."

"Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods."

"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."

"Nobody could dissapear to their trailer once it was up and running, you were all there on the same stage. It was 10 days of rehearsal and 10 days of shooting, which was very tiring."

"I sang in a rock band when I was training as a lawyer. You know, not professional, we just did it for fun. We just did gigs all over Edinburgh and some in Glasgow and some at festivals."

"I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to."
Talk,

"You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy."


"You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together."

"I never stopped making pictures. There were times when more of my income was coming from other sources, and I had to devote more time to television and movies and records."

"I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber."


"It was Christopher's brilliant concept that he did not want this to become like every other sitcom where you do one take, and the audience gets bored with seeing it ten times, you know, over and over again."
Want,


"I praise CBS for taking a risk, which is always the price you pay for opportunity. This is not standard movie of the week storytelling. I think movies of the week have fallen into a niche and that isn't my niche."

"I knew all about Edward VIII's abdication, George VI becoming the king and having a stammer, but nothing about how he got rid of it."

"I am not one of those actors who believes he has to live the part he is playing. I can turn it on and off."


"It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good."

"I think retirement's for old people. I'm still in the business, thank you. I have a young child of nine years old, and I want to live as long as I can to see him grow up. I'm enjoying my life and I want to stick around for as long as I can."

"I can play a man who's despicable. But I'll still look inside him to find a point of connection. If I can find that kernel, audiences will relate to me."

"I have brought a PS2 on set with me before. But games can be really addicting, and that's dangerous. So I tend to keep it fairly limited on a certain level."
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