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"You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible."

"You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible."

Klaus Kinski, German Actor

13

"Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy."

"Give me something interesting to play and I'm happy."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

13

"A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs."

"A woman doesn't just love a man. She loves who he is. And, who he is is dependent on what he needs."

James MacArthur, American Actor

Love, Man, Needs, Woman

13

"Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time."

"Marriage ain't easy, but it's great most of the time."

Sean Penn, American Actor

13

"There are 38,000 people dying of hunger each day and most are children. And, being a celebrity, I communicate about it as much as I can."

"There are 38,000 people dying of hunger each day and most are children. And, being a celebrity, I communicate about it as much as I can."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

People, Being, Celebrity, Children

13

"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself."

"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself."

Alan Alda, American Actor

Comfort, Intuition, Wilderness, Will

13

"I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy."

"I looked it at like this way. To get folks to like you, as a screen player I mean, I figured you had to sort of be their ideal. I don't mean a handsome knight riding a white horse, but a fella who answered the description of a right guy."

Gary Cooper, American Actor

13

"I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months."

"I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months."

Jack Nance, American Actor

13

"Ford didn't know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn't repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film."

"Ford didn't know what to do with Mister Roberts that wasn't repeating what was successful in New York. He was trying to do things to the play that would be his in the film."

Henry Fonda, American Actor

Success, Successful, Film, Play, Trying

13

"Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here."

"Every time we had a hot war going on in Asia, it was difficult for Asian Americans here."

George Takei, American Actor

Time, War, Americans

13

"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will."

"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

People, Hope, Modesty, Thinking

13

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles."

Charlie Chaplin, English Actor

13

"I never lost my appetite for acting."

"I never lost my appetite for acting."

Eli Wallach, American Actor

Acting, Appetite

13

"I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is."

"I was brought up by two people who just said, Whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is."

Kurt Russell, American Actor

Experience, People, Winning, Losing

13

"I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic."

"I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic."

Eric Bogosian, American Actor

13

"I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine."

"I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine."

Guy Pearce, English Actor

Life, Favorite, Horror, Open

13

"In the Belgian air force a general supposedly saw a UFO, tracked it with his plane, photographed it with his wing cameras. And I believe it because I said to myself why would this person, not getting paid for this, do it unless it actually happened or he thought it happened."

"In the Belgian air force a general supposedly saw a UFO, tracked it with his plane, photographed it with his wing cameras. And I believe it because I said to myself why would this person, not getting paid for this, do it unless it actually happened or he thought it happened."

Robert Stack, American Actor

13

"I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan."

"I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

13

"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

13

"Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head."

"Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your head."

Martin Mull, American Actor

13

"The most precious things in speech are pauses."

"The most precious things in speech are pauses."

Ralph Richardson, British Actor

13

"When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'."

"When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

13

"In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties."

"In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

Country, Difference, English, Parents

13

"But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile."

"But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile."

Mandy Patinkin, American Actor

Time, Thought, Idea, Theatre

13

"My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job that he found me for half the amount of money. So anyone would think that they're stupid, that that would be a stupid move."

"My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job that he found me for half the amount of money. So anyone would think that they're stupid, that that would be a stupid move."

Alfred Molina, English Actor

Money, Father, First

13

"When I got on Stern I realized that this was the one job where you could be really honest and open, almost like Richard Pryor or something. You can be honest about your life and get laughs."

"When I got on Stern I realized that this was the one job where you could be really honest and open, almost like Richard Pryor or something. You can be honest about your life and get laughs."

Artie Lange, American Actor

Life, Job, Open

13

"My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully."

"My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully."

Javier Bardem, Spanish Actor

Truth, Answers, Question

13

"We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation."

"We tend to think of meditation in only one way. But life itself is a meditation."

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican Actor

Life, Meditation

13

"I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning."

"I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning."

John Barrymore, American Actor

13

"Parenting is an impossible job at any age."

"Parenting is an impossible job at any age."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

Age, Parenting, Job

13

"Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there."

"Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there."

Chris Hemsworth, Australian Actor

13

"Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time."

"Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time."

Zoe Saldana, American Actor

Happiness, Love, Time, Mind

13

"I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors."

"I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

Actor, Actors, Want, Washington

13

"I love playing villains."

"I love playing villains."

Alfred Molina, English Actor

13

"One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair."

"One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair."

Dan Castellaneta, American Actor

Favorite, Gay, Hair

12

"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

12

"A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies."

"A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies."

Michael Douglas, American Actor

Movies, Actors, Want

12

"I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person."

"I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person."

Gale Gordon, American Actor

Actor, Joy, Years

12

"Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible."

"Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible."

Wentworth Miller, English Actor

12

"Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play completely different characters than I had ever seen them do is just wonderful."

"Getting to meet people that I've admired my entire life, and getting to meet them in such a way where they're coming in to play completely different characters than I had ever seen them do is just wonderful."

Will Friedle, American Actor

Life, People, Play

12

"Just let the wardrobe do the acting."

"Just let the wardrobe do the acting."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

12

"Acting in 'Star Wars' I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were."

"Acting in 'Star Wars' I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were."

Mark Hamill, American Actor

12

"I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine."

"I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

Expectation, Expectations, World

12

"A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth."

"A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth."

Patrick Murray, British Actor

12

"I did feel Dr. Cox, the character that I was auditioning for, was too similar to the head of the hospital. He was too arrogant and mean. I approached him kind of like I had a miniature Max sitting on my shoulder. I pictured Max saying, "This guy has got to give love every once in a while. He has to!" I knew there had to be tiny little windows of redemption."

"I did feel Dr. Cox, the character that I was auditioning for, was too similar to the head of the hospital. He was too arrogant and mean. I approached him kind of like I had a miniature Max sitting on my shoulder. I pictured Max saying, "This guy has got to give love every once in a while. He has to!" I knew there had to be tiny little windows of redemption."

John C. McGinley, American Actor

Love, Character, Saying, Windows

12

"I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that."

"I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

Father, Dad, Heart, Feeling, Rejection

12

"John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept."

"John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept."

Donald Pleasence, English Actor

12

"The first few years I was in Vermont quite a bit, but I don't think I ever spent years and years there."

"The first few years I was in Vermont quite a bit, but I don't think I ever spent years and years there."

Ethan Suplee, American Actor

12

"Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies."

"Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Art, Acting, Lies, Lying

12

"When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors."

"When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors."

Kevin Costner, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Leading

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