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"I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force."

"I don't have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force."

James D'arcy, British Actor

Actor, Being, Driving, Expectations

77

"Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood."

"Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood."

Vic Morrow, American Actor

Actor, Actors, France, Hollywood, Production

77

"I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does."

"I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does."

Warren Beatty, American Actor

Public, Question, Service, Want

77

"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

77

"I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that."

"I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

77

"I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities."

"I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Right, Trying, Robert Downey, Jr.

77

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done."

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

77

"I wasn't an actor. They they take the externals. Here I was, a kid thrown into Hollywood with a brand-new name, starring in motion pictures."

Tab Hunter, American Actor

Actor, Hollywood, Name

77

"As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff."

"As much as the next person, I want to be approved of, but I'm not greedy for that stuff."

Colin Firth, British Actor

77

"I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work."

"I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Money, Work, Respect, Writer

77

"I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any."

"I've always wanted to get an education, and tonight's as good a time as any."

Burt Lancaster, American Actor

Time, Education

77

"I've been number two in films for donkey's years."

"I've been number two in films for donkey's years."

Trevor Howard, British Actor

77

"But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie."

"But, yeah, I'd love to do something else in someone else's movie."

Jason Mewes, American Actor

77

"I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that."

"I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that."

Martin Sheen, American Actor

God, Church, Beginning

77

"On film you put all your energies into a single glance."

"On film you put all your energies into a single glance."

Alan Rickman, British Actor

77

"The most precious things in speech are pauses."

"The most precious things in speech are pauses."

Ralph Richardson, British Actor

77

"But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression."

"But I'm not like sad, depressed miserable person. I guess sometimes I give off that impression."

Edward Furlong, American Actor

77

"I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way."

"I don't know what women are attracted to. I can't tell, but certainly I have no notion of having sex appeal or being seductive in any way."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Woman, Women, Sex, Being, Sex appeal

77

"I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it."

"I earned the right to get in the team, and fought every game to be in it."

Graham Roberts, English Actor

77

"It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like."

"It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like."

Charles Dance, English Actor

People, Attitude, Eyes, Open

77

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Today, Yesterday

77

"The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters."

"The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters."

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian Actor

76

"Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation."

"Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Communism, Practice

76

"When I was a kid, I was afraid of other kids."

"When I was a kid, I was afraid of other kids."

Andy Dick, American Actor

76

"If you shake your fist, the other guy will shake his too. But if you extend your hand to shake their hand, then they will extend theirs also, and you've made a friend."

"If you shake your fist, the other guy will shake his too. But if you extend your hand to shake their hand, then they will extend theirs also, and you've made a friend."

Ricardo Montalban, Mexican Actor

Friendship, Friend, Will

76

"I really want to do more mature, artistic, twisted, edgy films. That is my goal."

"I really want to do more mature, artistic, twisted, edgy films. That is my goal."

Lucas Grabeel, American Actor

76

"My character had been in the chair for seven years. He had gone through his anger, depression, drug and alcohol abuse. He had gone through everything, now he was up, he was happy, he was filled with his dream."

"My character had been in the chair for seven years. He had gone through his anger, depression, drug and alcohol abuse. He had gone through everything, now he was up, he was happy, he was filled with his dream."

Gregory Hines, American Actor

Anger, Dream, Character, Abuse

76

"Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention."

"Boy, you gotta be real sick to get this much attention."

Michael Landon, American Actor

76

"Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes."

"Michael Scofield is someone everyone can relate to, but nobody would want to be in his shoes."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

76

"You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk."

"You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk."

George Clooney, American Actor

Film, First, Talk

76

"I'll work with Jerry Seinfeld any day of the week. Get a nice little paycheck there, but you do it for free. It's just good to be associated with that man. He's a great guy."

"I'll work with Jerry Seinfeld any day of the week. Get a nice little paycheck there, but you do it for free. It's just good to be associated with that man. He's a great guy."

Patrick Warburton, American Actor

76

"I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him."

"I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him."

Christian Slater, American Actor

76

"The wages of pedantry is pain."

"The wages of pedantry is pain."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

76

"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts."

Orson Welles, American Actor

Eating, Hate, Television

76

"Men must know their limitations."

"Men must know their limitations."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

Men, Limitations

76

"I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be."

"I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be."

Sean Bean, English Actor

76

"Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?"

"Logic plus logic equals the illogical. Do you know what I mean?"

Jason Schwartzman, American Actor

76

"The crime of loving is forgetting."

"The crime of loving is forgetting."

Maurice Chevalier, French Actor

76

"I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot."

"I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

Film, Golf, Pretty

76

"I'm very serious about acting."

"I'm very serious about acting."

Victor Garber, Canadian Actor

76

"They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning."

"They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning."

Clint Eastwood, American Actor

76

"Scotland is the Canada of England!"

"Scotland is the Canada of England!"

Rainn Wilson, American Actor

Canada, Scotland

76

"Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then."

"Even though the National Guard and Army Reserve see combat today, it rankles me that people assume it was some kind of waltz in the park back then."

Larry David, American Actor

People, Army, Today

76

"I wanted to play piano in restaurants in the south of France. I went there on holiday once and I saw this guy playing in an old tuxedo. He was all disheveled, with a whisky glass on the piano. I thought that was the coolest thing. So what's happened to me with 'Twilight' isn't really what I'd planned."

"I wanted to play piano in restaurants in the south of France. I went there on holiday once and I saw this guy playing in an old tuxedo. He was all disheveled, with a whisky glass on the piano. I thought that was the coolest thing. So what's happened to me with 'Twilight' isn't really what I'd planned."

Robert Pattinson, English Actor

Thought, France, Holiday, Old

76

"Hollywood is not good when it comes to age."

"Hollywood is not good when it comes to age."

Kyle MacLachlan, American Actor

76

"You know George M. Steinbrenner III is the center of all evil in the universe."

"You know George M. Steinbrenner III is the center of all evil in the universe."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

76

"Tomorrow it'll all be over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again."

"Tomorrow it'll all be over, then I'll have to go back to selling pens again."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

Selling, Tomorrow

76

"So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor."

"So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Vision, Help, Will

76

"I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power."

"I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

Power, Fear, Abuse, Police

76

"Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine."

"Bader's philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine."

Kenneth More, British Actor

Life, Attitude, Philosophy

76

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