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"In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing."
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Barry Bostwick
"In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing."
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"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do."
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Christian Bale
"I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do."
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"I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that."
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Robert Redford
"I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that."
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"I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique."
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Charlie Sheen
"I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique."
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"It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt."
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Chuck Norris
"It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt."
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"Talent will come out."
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Ray Walston
"Talent will come out."
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"And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that."
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Christopher Walken
"And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he knows that and you know that and everybody knows that."
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"I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters."
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Ivan Reitman
"I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters."
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"In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it."
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Christian Slater
"In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it."
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"Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique."
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Peter Ustinov
"Pavarotti is not vain, but conscious of being unique."
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"I don't know the first real thing about the dating game. I don't know how to talk to a specific person and connect. I just think you have to go to person by person and do the best you can with people in general."
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Jason Schwartzman
"I don't know the first real thing about the dating game. I don't know how to talk to a specific person and connect. I just think you have to go to person by person and do the best you can with people in general."
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"I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don't approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have."
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Vin Diesel
"I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don't approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have."
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"I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet."
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Thomas Haden Church
"I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet."
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"In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary."
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Bela Lugosi
"In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary."
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"No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed."
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James Woods
"No matter what it is, if you get 10 people in the business talking about something, you get 10 different opinions, but you know, they're amazingly well informed."
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"No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout."
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Hugh Dancy
"No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout."
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"What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it because I think I can do a good job of something and I'll enjoy it, do it, and sort of vanish. I don't want to be an actor for hire."
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Paul Hogan
"What career? A man's got a body of film of about four movies in about 10 years or something. I do it because I think I can do a good job of something and I'll enjoy it, do it, and sort of vanish. I don't want to be an actor for hire."
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"As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids."
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Dennis Farina
"As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids."
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"Because I think a lot of people felt like, ultimately - and this isn't the first time I've said this, so I'll bore you again with it - but ultimately it was... I think it felt like homework a bit for people."
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Will Arnett
"Because I think a lot of people felt like, ultimately - and this isn't the first time I've said this, so I'll bore you again with it - but ultimately it was... I think it felt like homework a bit for people."
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"Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does."
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Edward James Olmos
"Yeah, the New York Times is very intellectual and very, very prestigious, but it doesn't reach the market that People magazine does."
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"I had a very bad time with acid. I did that classic thing of looking in the mirror by mistake and seeing the devil. But I took it several times, because you always think that next time you might have the wonderful time that everyone else is having."
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Robbie Coltrane
"I had a very bad time with acid. I did that classic thing of looking in the mirror by mistake and seeing the devil. But I took it several times, because you always think that next time you might have the wonderful time that everyone else is having."
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"There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe."
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David Friedman
"There is no seam between my songs and myself-they really are me. It's not like I'm performing; I'm just singing stuff that I really believe."
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"We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it and say, this is the water that we're living in. You know this - the movie lives in this - it's centered around this particular problem, and I chose to acknowledge it."
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Nick Cassavetes
"We do have a problem in this country. You can either make a movie and ignore that, or you can acknowledge it and say, this is the water that we're living in. You know this - the movie lives in this - it's centered around this particular problem, and I chose to acknowledge it."
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"A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned."
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Ewan McGregor
"A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned."
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"When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad."
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William Shatner
"When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad."
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"Well, my closest friends are still the ones that I went to school with, but it's nice to go to work, at the studios, and have people there that you're willing to talk to and have a good conversation with."
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Tom Felton
"Well, my closest friends are still the ones that I went to school with, but it's nice to go to work, at the studios, and have people there that you're willing to talk to and have a good conversation with."
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"With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower."
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Johnny Weissmuller
"With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower."
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"The New York Times' was enigmatic: 'Some unimaginable gravitational force is pulling our entire galaxy in the opposite direction.' End of article. If you stop and think about that, we are recreating ourselves."
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Dwight Schultz
"The New York Times' was enigmatic: 'Some unimaginable gravitational force is pulling our entire galaxy in the opposite direction.' End of article. If you stop and think about that, we are recreating ourselves."
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"I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly."
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Eli Wallach
"I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly."
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"The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work."
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Jason Alexander
"The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work."
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"I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening."
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Brandon Routh
"I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening."
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"There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it."
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Matthew McGrory
"There are a lot of things you can do with a law degree background, but I just didn't have a passion for it."
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"I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it."
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Anthony Hopkins
"I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it."
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"That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen."
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Desmond Harrington
"That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen."
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"I know right a way there's a person that's very insecure; that he's trying to out do me. And, ah, like I was saying before, if you give one-hundred percent of your best, and you may have fault, but there is nothing you can do, because you gave one-hundred percent."
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Lou Ferrigno
"I know right a way there's a person that's very insecure; that he's trying to out do me. And, ah, like I was saying before, if you give one-hundred percent of your best, and you may have fault, but there is nothing you can do, because you gave one-hundred percent."
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"I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I'm going to sort of check myself, because part of me is seen as Eric Camden. We all need as much help as we can get. It's a role model to me as much as to anybody else."
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Stephen Collins
"I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I'm going to sort of check myself, because part of me is seen as Eric Camden. We all need as much help as we can get. It's a role model to me as much as to anybody else."
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"If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is."
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Don Johnson
"If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is."
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"When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does."
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Matt LeBlanc
"When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does."
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"To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap."
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Colin Mochrie
"To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap."
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"There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head."
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Albert Finney
"There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head."
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"Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that."
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Anthony Anderson
"Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that."
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"I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast."
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Colin Firth
"I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast."
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"The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see."
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John Ratzenberger
"The pollution they produce, market, sell, and show to billions around the world is at its core contemptuous of the country that gave them better lives than nearly 100 percent of everybody who's ever lived. And they pass that contempt along for everyone to see."
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"Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court."
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Dean Cain
"Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court."
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"I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in."
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Judd Nelson
"I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in."
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"I think George just nailed the whole thing, the whole time period, the whole look and feel of what that newsroom was like. I did a lot of research for the role and believe me, it's all pretty genuine, down to the very last cigarette butt."
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David Strathairn
"I think George just nailed the whole thing, the whole time period, the whole look and feel of what that newsroom was like. I did a lot of research for the role and believe me, it's all pretty genuine, down to the very last cigarette butt."
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"I like bringing smiles to people's faces."
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Jai Rodriguez
"I like bringing smiles to people's faces."
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"We did some jumping at the start of the show. We went out without telling anyone - and the studio liked to kill us. They were threatened with cancellation of their production insurance."
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Ken Curtis
"We did some jumping at the start of the show. We went out without telling anyone - and the studio liked to kill us. They were threatened with cancellation of their production insurance."
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"I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part."
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Jeremy Northam
"I don't have the energy or the mental security to get involved with all that. I think it's a good idea to be able to disappear into the story, so that the first thing the audience sees isn't you, but the part."
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"I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary."
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Ed Harris
"I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary."
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