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"Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease."
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Roger Moore
"Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease."
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"So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school."
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James Earl Jones
"So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school."
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"But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love."
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William Shatner
"But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love."
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"The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance."
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Alex Winter
"The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance."
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"Actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do."
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Steve Burton
"Actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do."
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"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."
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"The earth is a tremendous gift. There is nothing else like it in the known universe. I want to leave it the way I found it."
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Dennis Weaver
"The earth is a tremendous gift. There is nothing else like it in the known universe. I want to leave it the way I found it."
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"I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters."
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Andy Garcia
"I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters."
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"The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty."
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Walter Matthau
"The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty."
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"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
"I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government."
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"It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other."
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
"It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other."
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"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."
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Brian Austin Green
"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."
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"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."
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Morgan Freeman
"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."
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"Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out."
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Theodore Bikel
"Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out."
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"I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders."
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Tom Berenger
"I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders."
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"I become kind of obsessive about research."
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James Franco
"I become kind of obsessive about research."
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"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."
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Kevin Bacon
"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."
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"Corporate Hollywood thinks I'm a geek to go back and do theater. They don't understand why I don't want to be a movie star, why I'm not pursuing Mel Gibson's roles."
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William Petersen
"Corporate Hollywood thinks I'm a geek to go back and do theater. They don't understand why I don't want to be a movie star, why I'm not pursuing Mel Gibson's roles."
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"Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods."
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Lisa Whelchel
"Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods."
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"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."
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Carroll O'Connor
"We don't really need reviewers, just first-night reporters who will tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show."
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"When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict."
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Ian Hart
"When you get to 15 and most of your teachers are priests, there's bound to be a conflict."
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"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."
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Julian Sands
"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."
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"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."
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Gerard Butler
"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."
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"Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes."
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Patrick Stewart
"Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes."
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"Comeback is a good word, man."
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Mickey Rourke
"Comeback is a good word, man."
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"I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to."
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Jeremy London
"I think it was when I realised I could talk anybody into doing just about anything I wanted them to."
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"I like poems that are little games."
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Peter Davison
"I like poems that are little games."
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"Doing the Muppet Show you forget about conventional filming."
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Peter Mayhew
"Doing the Muppet Show you forget about conventional filming."
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"I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, "Poor thing." I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better."
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Elijah Wood
"I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, "Poor thing." I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better."
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"You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy."
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Adrian Edmondson
"You're entering dangerous land when you start theorising about comedy."
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"You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together."
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Robert Englund
"You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together."
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"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."
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Martin Mull
"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."
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"I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber."
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Ewan McGregor
"I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber."
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"And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie."
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Colin Mochrie
"And if that isn't the truth, it would be a lie."
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"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."
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Stacy Keach
"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."
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"I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting."
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David McCallum
"I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting."
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"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."
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Tom Selleck
"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."
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"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."
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Geoffrey Rush
"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."
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"The whole world is about three drinks behind."
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Humphrey Bogart
"The whole world is about three drinks behind."
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"I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them."
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Gene Wilder
"I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them."
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"It's not always about the money."
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Morris Chestnut
"It's not always about the money."
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"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."
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Donald Pleasence
"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."
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"That was my aspiration, so I was there in a seminary with just boys who were studying to be priests. Pretty rigorous schooling; we never got home, we stayed there all year."
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Peter Jurasik
"That was my aspiration, so I was there in a seminary with just boys who were studying to be priests. Pretty rigorous schooling; we never got home, we stayed there all year."
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"It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good."
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Vincent D'Onofrio
"It doesn't need to be a No 1 show, it just needs to be good."
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"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."
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Harrison Ford
"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."
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"Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment."
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Steven Hill
"Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment."
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"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."
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Forest Whitaker
"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."
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"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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Christian Slater
"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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"Hockey is the original extreme sport."
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Tom Ward
"Hockey is the original extreme sport."
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"I don't do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take care of myself."
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Harrison Ford
"I don't do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take care of myself."
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