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"I don't have anything from the television series. I treasure the videotapes from Columbia House."

"I don't have anything from the television series. I treasure the videotapes from Columbia House."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Television, Treasure

52

"He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age."

"He was living in an age much more dangerous, more painful, much more on the edge than our own particular age."

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

52

"I definitely feel I do have God in my corner."

"I definitely feel I do have God in my corner."

Chuck Norris, American Actor

52

"Hollywood's got its own particular environment."

"Hollywood's got its own particular environment."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Environment, Hollywood

52

"I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has been all over the map - you must stay at the table, pick up the cards you're dealt and play them."

"I just feel that no matter what comes in a career - and mine has been all over the map - you must stay at the table, pick up the cards you're dealt and play them."

Frank Langella, American Actor

Cards, Career, Play

52

"I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating."

"I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

Dating, Cinema, College, Friends

52

"Gluttony is not a secret vice."

"Gluttony is not a secret vice."

Orson Welles, American Actor

52

"I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio."

"I probably worked every single entertainment medium, including some that don't exist. I worked the circus, carnival, I had my own medicine show, I worked 18 years of radio."

Al Lewis, American Actor

Carnival, Entertainment, Medicine, Years

52

"I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film."

"I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film."

James Woods, American Actor

People, Favors, Film, Help

52

"With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in."

"With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in."

Bradley Whitford, American Actor

Success, Opportunity, Attention

52

"I don't think anyone has a normal family."

"I don't think anyone has a normal family."

Edward Furlong, American Actor

52

"A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk."

"A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk."

Alec Guinness, English Actor

52

"If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist."

"If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist."

David Soul, American Actor

Theatre, Tradition

52

"There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go."

"There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go."

Rainn Wilson, American Actor

Time, Chess, Computer, Debate

52

"In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right."

"In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Class, Right, School

52

"Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring."

"Neither fish, flesh nor good red herring."

Tom Brown, American Actor

52

"I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else."

"I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

52

"Well, yeah. At a certain point, you've got to be really honest with yourself. Like, 'Why am I doing this? What are my motivations?' Like, if you get into it because you want to be famous? Then you've got a long row to hoe. But if you really feel like it's a labour of love and it's something you're actually legitimately good at, then it's not that hard to keep plugging away."

"Well, yeah. At a certain point, you've got to be really honest with yourself. Like, 'Why am I doing this? What are my motivations?' Like, if you get into it because you want to be famous? Then you've got a long row to hoe. But if you really feel like it's a labour of love and it's something you're actually legitimately good at, then it's not that hard to keep plugging away."

Will Arnett, Canadian Actor

Love, Famous, Want

52

"My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as a contemporary dancer. But as an actor one does read Shakespeare and does try to learn the classics."

"My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as a contemporary dancer. But as an actor one does read Shakespeare and does try to learn the classics."

William Kempe, English Actor

Actor, Ballet, Shakespeare, Theatre

52

"Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends."

"Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I've ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he's a really nice human being. We actually become good friends."

Anthony LaPaglia, American Actor

Funny, Being, Friends, Martin

52

"Acting is very immediate."

"Acting is very immediate."

Val Kilmer, American Actor

52

"Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers."

"Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers."

Ron Silver, American Actor

Truth, Fear, Artists, Careers

52

"There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of."

"There has to be a measure of faith. That's what this business is all about: trusting in something that may never show up, that you have no concrete proof of."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Business, Faith, May, Measure

52

"Love is more powerful than kicking ass."

"Love is more powerful than kicking ass."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

52

"I study to learn, to be an educated person."

"I study to learn, to be an educated person."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

52

"It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it."

"It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

52

"Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decision of who stays and who goes. I am very fortunate, in that the television viewers of our country have decided that Bob Barker can stay."

"Networks decide who will have a chance to do shows, but it is the viewers who make the final decision of who stays and who goes. I am very fortunate, in that the television viewers of our country have decided that Bob Barker can stay."

Bob Barker, American Actor

Decision, Chance, Country, Television

52

"I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States."

"I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

Office, President, states, United

52

"I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you."

"I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you."

Sean Bean, English Actor

52

"Actually, that's one of the things I was thinking about writing a story about me, loosely based or autobiographical. I just don't want to be like some people that are in their twenties and writing autobiographies."

"Actually, that's one of the things I was thinking about writing a story about me, loosely based or autobiographical. I just don't want to be like some people that are in their twenties and writing autobiographies."

Matthew McGrory, American Actor

People, Thinking, Want, Writing

52

"Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I."

"Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I."

Alan Ladd, American Actor

52

"It's fun to play the character and then watch him later."

"It's fun to play the character and then watch him later."

Michael Shanks, Canadian Actor

Character, Fun, Play

52

"The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group."

"The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

52

"Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish."

"Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish."

Larry David, American Actor

Fact, May, Nothing

52

"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon."

"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon."

William Devane, American Actor

Time, People, Creation, Credit

52

"I'm not looking to get away from anything. I like what I've done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible."

"I'm not looking to get away from anything. I like what I've done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible."

Adam Sandler, American Actor

Movies, Friends

52

"My family, my parents are hippies."

"My family, my parents are hippies."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Family, Hippies, Parents

52

"When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another."

"When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another."

Alan Alda, American Actor

People, Killing

52

"As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that."

"As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that."

Lucas Grabeel, American Actor

Dream, Dreams, Want

52

"I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real."

"I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real."

Zach Braff, American Actor

People, Idea, Writing

52

"In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it."

"In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making "Star Trek." But most of the time, I don't think about it."

William Shatner, Canadian Actor

Time, Force, Moments

52

"My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career."

"My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

Movies, Work, Career, Sense

52

"Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter."

"Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter."

Max Beerbohm, English Actor

52

"I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money."

"I always thought that it was kind of silly that a baseball card could be worth so much money."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

Money, Thought, Baseball, Silly

52

"We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people - and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through."

"We went online to surrogacy agencies. We interviewed lots of people - and I have to say, with all due respect, some of them were freaks. I was very leery of the process the whole way through."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

People, Respect

52

"There will always be another group of kids going to college, drinking beer, and discovering that movie. Many of them have never even heard of SCTV."

"There will always be another group of kids going to college, drinking beer, and discovering that movie. Many of them have never even heard of SCTV."

Rick Moranis, Canadian Actor

Beer, College, Drinking, Kids

52

"It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face."

"It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face."

Kevin Spacey, American Actor

Truth, Fact, Film, Mystery

52

"When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do."

"When I was working on my career, I was very aware of what I had done, what I wanted to do next. I'm having a good time just reading things that might be interesting to do."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Time, Career, Reading

52

"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"

"The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?"

Richard Pryor, American Actor

52

"I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids."

"I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids."

Beau Bridges, American Actor

Flowers, Garden

52

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