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"I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine."

"I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine."

Colin Mochrie, Scottish Actor

Challenge, Nothing, Right, Trying

52

"Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent."

"Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

Quality, Patience

52

"There are certain rules one must abide by in order to succesfully survive a horror movie."

"There are certain rules one must abide by in order to succesfully survive a horror movie."

Jamie Kennedy, American Actor

Horror, Order, Rules

52

"It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle."

"It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Film, Now, Old, Sales

52

"A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image."

"A lot of people are obsessed with looking cool. They feel they have to look after their image."

Adrian Edmondson, English Actor

52

"My parents were hippies."

"My parents were hippies."

Balthazar Getty, American Actor

Hippies, Parents

52

"I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor."

"I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor."

Leonardo DiCaprio, American Actor

51

"I think all actors are supposed to be character actors."

"I think all actors are supposed to be character actors."

Dennis Farina, American Actor

Character, Actors

51

"This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people."

"This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people."

Noah Hathaway, American Actor

51

"I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue."

"I got a phone call from Douglas Campbell and from Jerome Guthrie, who offered me a job out of the blue."

Jeffrey Jones, American Actor

51

"Then I contacted Ken, then he called me back, then we had a great meeting. Then he called and asked if I would come back to the show. Which was awesome."

"Then I contacted Ken, then he called me back, then we had a great meeting. Then he called and asked if I would come back to the show. Which was awesome."

Austin Peck, American Actor

51

"The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did."

"The magazine was being started by a company that had no experience in business magazine publishing. It was a little difficult to get people to sort of buy into it and to join the staff, but we did."

James Daly, American Actor

Business, Experience, People, Being

51

"I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together."

"I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together."

M. Emmet Walsh, American Actor

Animals, Cats, Dogs

51

"I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me."

"I thought that if you come across as a freak, there will be some kind of distance. Maybe the distance became excessive. I realized that people were afraid of me without knowing me."

Thomas Kretschmann, German Actor

Thought, People, Will

51

"Getting stopped for drunk driving in those days might mean that your entire career was over then. Not today."

"Getting stopped for drunk driving in those days might mean that your entire career was over then. Not today."

Mark Goddard, American Actor

Career, Driving, Today

51

"We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success."

"We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success."

River Phoenix, American Actor

Success, People, Addiction, Corporate

51

"If you keep up with pop culture, everybody knows the joke."

"If you keep up with pop culture, everybody knows the joke."

Shawn Wayans, American Actor

51

"I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream."

"I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream."

Jon Lovitz, American Actor

Love, Work, Dream

51

"It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is."

"It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is."

Jack Lemmon, American Actor

Life, Comedy, Drama

51

"I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, "I really want to play this guy!""

"I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, "I really want to play this guy!""

John C. McGinley, American Actor

Son, Play, Want

51

"I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through."

"I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through."

David Selby, American Actor

Film, Learning, Television

51

"The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism."

"The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism."

Orson Welles, American Actor

51

"I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness."

"I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Laziness, Procrastination

51

"I make personal appearances around the country. I'm starting a book tour now, and I may be coming to Toronto with the Learning Annex, which I'm doing all through the United States, so that may come up just before Christmas."

"I make personal appearances around the country. I'm starting a book tour now, and I may be coming to Toronto with the Learning Annex, which I'm doing all through the United States, so that may come up just before Christmas."

Burt Ward, American Actor

Christmas, Country, Learning, May

51

"I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe."

"I made a decision not to work out because I'm lazy and also, the character is not a superhero. I didn't want him to be a buff guy with Jackie Chan moves because the point is he's smarter than your average Joe."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Work, Character, Decision, Want

51

"The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic."

"The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Direction, Film

51

"I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day."

"I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Men, Women, Day

51

"I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab."

"I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab."

Larry David, American Actor

51

"I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican."

"I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican."

Bruce Willis, American Actor

Government, Hate, Republican

51

"We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had."

"We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had."

Tony Curtis, American Actor

Son, HusbSon, Daughter, People, Chance

51

"Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire."

"Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

American, Americans, Satire

51

"I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers."

"I'm 0 for 3 with marriage - the scoreboard doesn't lie, never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the heart. To sully or contaminate or radically disrespect this union with a shameful contract is something that I will leave to the amateurs and the Bible grippers."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Marriage, Lie, Heart, Bible

51

"I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it."

"I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it."

William Petersen, American Actor

51

"It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them."

"It was the baseball fantasy of a lifetime - to be able to sit on the bench with all those professional athletes. I got to take my son along because I wasn't sure I would be able to play with them."

Matthew Modine, American Actor

Son, Athletes, Baseball, Fantasy

51

"Lynch is an ordinary, smalltown guy and he just sees strange things in people."

"Lynch is an ordinary, smalltown guy and he just sees strange things in people."

Jack Nance, American Actor

51

"It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents."

"It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

51

"You don't build a bond without being present."

"You don't build a bond without being present."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

51

"I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself."

"I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself."

Orlando Bloom, English Actor

51

"No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky."

"No, that's poker. To win, you've gotta get damned lucky."

Wilford Brimley, American Actor

51

"At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore."

"At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

51

"With all the weird surroundings of outer space the basic underlying theme of the show is a philosophical approach to man's relationship to woman. There are both sexes in the crew, in fact, the first officer is a woman."

"With all the weird surroundings of outer space the basic underlying theme of the show is a philosophical approach to man's relationship to woman. There are both sexes in the crew, in fact, the first officer is a woman."

Jeffrey Hunter, American Actor

Fact, First, Man, Sexes

51

"Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy."

"Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy."

Neil Patrick Harris, American Actor

51

"I think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone's example."

"I think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone's example."

Tobey Maguire, American Actor

51

"When you work with somebody you have chemistry with, it's easy and it's fun. You hardly call it work."

"When you work with somebody you have chemistry with, it's easy and it's fun. You hardly call it work."

Joe Lando, American Actor

51

"In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it."

"In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it."

Leon Askin, Austrian Actor

Coffee, Evening

51

"My body of work means nothing to me."

"My body of work means nothing to me."

Frank Langella, American Actor

Work, Body, Nothing

51

"I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people."

"I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people."

Robert Wagner, American Actor

Business, Time, People, Pretty

51

"I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so I have some insights that go a little further than people who haven't had contact with the deaf community."

"I know deaf people. I have discussed the issues with them I've also thought about them a lot so I have some insights that go a little further than people who haven't had contact with the deaf community."

Richard Masur, American Actor

Thought, People, Community

51

"What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive."

"What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive."

Ryan Phillippe, American Actor

51

"You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise."

"You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

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