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"Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors."

"Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors."

Dwayne Johnson, American Actor

Actor, Actors, Favorite

76

"Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are."

"Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are."

Julian McMahon, Australian Actor

Law, Laws, Obligation, Wrong

76

"The simple act of caring is heroic."

"The simple act of caring is heroic."

Edward Albert, American Actor

75

"Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations."

"Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

75

"I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'"

"I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'"

Robert De Niro, American Actor

London, Now, Paris, Rome

75

"It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name."

"It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name."

Jeremy Sumpter, American Actor

Girls, Hearing, Name

75

"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me."

"I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me."

Brad Pitt, American Actor

Work, Life, Perception, Day

75

"All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way."

"All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way."

Patrick Warburton, American Actor

Humor, Character, Absurdity

75

"On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones."

"On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones."

Keanu Reeves, Canadian Actor

75

"I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile."

"I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile."

Alan Alda, American Actor

75

"Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent."

"Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

75

"I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it."

"I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it."

Michael McKean, American Actor

Love, Friends, Living, Reason

75

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

"Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him."

Michael Zaslow, American Actor

75

"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man."

"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

75

"He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes."

"He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes."

Albert Finney, British Actor

75

"It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised."

"It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised."

Bill Paxton, American Actor

Expectation, Expectations, Film

75

"Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew."

"Then I left school at 16 and worked in Perth Repertory Theatre, which was quite nearby where I lived. And I worked there for about six or seven months, as part of the stage crew."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

Months, School, Theatre

75

"When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves."

"When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves."

John Barrymore, American Actor

75

"I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer."

"I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer."

Peter Ustinov, English Actor

75

"I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know."

"I'm convinced that Sanford and Son shows middle-class America a lot of what they need to know."

Redd Foxx, American Actor

75

"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

75

"What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's harder to be an educated and informed citizen."

"What is news? It's hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality - a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It's harder to be an educated and informed citizen."

Harrison Ford, American Actor

75

"In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me."

"In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me."

Ben Kingsley, English Actor

75

"Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good."

"Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

75

"I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face."

"I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face."

Johnny Depp, American Actor

Confusion, Expression, Pretty, State

75

"Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life."

"Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life."

James Cromwell, American Actor

Life, Care, Obligation, Pets

75

"Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ?"

"Wouldn't you like to have heard the voice of Shakespeare, or Jesus Christ?"

Henry Irving, English Actor

Christ, Shakespeare, Voice

75

"He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has."

"He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has."

Omar Sharif, Egyptian Actor

Wisdom, Advice, Man, Mind

75

"Don't get me wrong, some of the mis-informed articles I have read over the last few weeks have been incredibly frustrating, but for my part I fully appreciate the opportunity I have been given and want to grasp it firmly."

"Don't get me wrong, some of the mis-informed articles I have read over the last few weeks have been incredibly frustrating, but for my part I fully appreciate the opportunity I have been given and want to grasp it firmly."

Adam Rickitt, British Actor

Opportunity, Want, Wrong

75

"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

75

"When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces."

"When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces."

James Franco, American Actor

75

"Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due."

"Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due."

Will Rogers, American Actor

75

"Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist."

"Unfortunately, however, I have too many desires to make a good Buddhist."

Jim Coleman, American Actor

75

"I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form."

"I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form."

Shia LaBeouf, American Actor

75

"You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not."

"You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not."

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

Life, Job, World

74

"I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide."

"I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide."

Tommy Rettig, American Actor

74

"I have an unfortunate personality."

"I have an unfortunate personality."

Orson Welles, American Actor

74

"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

74

"What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm very grateful that acting allows me so many interesting and fulfilling ones."

"What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences, and I'm very grateful that acting allows me so many interesting and fulfilling ones."

Jensen Ackles, American Actor

Life, People, Acting, Meeting

74

"I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game."

"I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game."

John Cleese, English Actor

Talent, Now, Rules, Want

74

"Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome."

"Forget trying to be sexy. That's just gruesome."

Colin Firth, British Actor

74

"For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies."

"For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies."

Jackie Chan, Chinese Actor

Money, Movies, Financial, Income

74

"No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know."

"No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know."

Terrence Howard, American Actor

74

"Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games or we subconsciously avoid it."

"Fitness needs to be perceived as fun and games or we subconsciously avoid it."

Alan Thicke, Canadian Actor

Fitness, Fun, Games, Needs

74

"Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble."

"Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble."

Zac Efron, American Actor

74

"A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is."

"A lot of newspapers say, Terence Stamp is playing himself and we're as bored as he is."

Terence Stamp, British Actor

74

"Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me."

"Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me."

Woody Harrelson, American Actor

74

"Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack."

"Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack."

Sterling Hayden, American Actor

Art, Fear, Enemy, Mind

74

"I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades."

"I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades."

Nathan Lane, American Actor

74

"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later."

"The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

Chance, Now, Suicide

74

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