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Quotes by Actor

"Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of."
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Peter Ustinov
"Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of."
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"I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it."
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Denzel Washington
"I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it."
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"I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor."
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Ray Walston
"I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor."
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"My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it."
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Dirk Benedict
"My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it."
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"I thought we were going to win the game but we won't take the disappointments, we will take the positives."
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Graham Roberts
"I thought we were going to win the game but we won't take the disappointments, we will take the positives."
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"My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way."
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Peter Jurasik
"My childhood is completely... when I look back, it was '50s in New York, upper-middle class, it was completely idyllic and golden and wonderful - sweet in every way."
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"Yeah, we held a junior carp tournament on the St. Lawrence River in New York last August. I hosted that along with a couple of other people."
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Tom Felton
"Yeah, we held a junior carp tournament on the St. Lawrence River in New York last August. I hosted that along with a couple of other people."
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"In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires."
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Alan Autry
"In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires."
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"I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of."
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Joshua Leonard
"I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of."
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"I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances."
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Mark Ruffalo
"I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances."
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"I think people really want to be happy."
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John Astin
"I think people really want to be happy."
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"I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors."
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Joe Pantoliano
"I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors."
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"I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made."
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Michael J. Fox
"I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made."
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"One of the reasons I think Dark Shadows still runs is that it's dependent on nothing else other than a story."
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David Selby
"One of the reasons I think Dark Shadows still runs is that it's dependent on nothing else other than a story."
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"I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that 'do what makes you happy' thing in check."
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Edward Burns
"I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that 'do what makes you happy' thing in check."
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"I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive."
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Colin Firth
"I think that London is very much like that. I find there's humour in the air and people are interesting. And I think that it's a place which is constantly surprising. The worst thing about it? I think it can be smug and aggressive."
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"It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting."
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Thomas Haden Church
"It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting."
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"I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist."
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James Daly
"I got to sit down with people who I admired, and have conversations with some of the greatest thinkers and artists and performers. It's a huge privilege for me to be a journalist."
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"I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion."
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Bela Lugosi
"I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion."
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"I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me."
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Dougray Scott
"I got involved in script development from the beginning. It was nice to see how a film gets made right from the beginning. It was quite hands-on for me."
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"I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path."
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Matthew Modine
"I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path."
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"So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in."
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Sean Penn
"So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in."
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"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."
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Robert Stack
"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."
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"We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny."
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Adrian Edmondson
"We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny."
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"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
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Corey Haim
"I play keyboards and sing. I've written a couple of songs too."
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"I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it."
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Derek Jacobi
"I thought it was getting better and better, because the production values were increasing each time we did it."
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"Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!"
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Gene Wilder
"Great art direction is NOT the same thing as great film direction!"
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"You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again."
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Harvey Fierstein
"You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again."
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"The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London."
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Jeremy Northam
"The space and light up there in Norfolk is wonderfully peaceful. I find myself doing funny things like gardening, and cooking, which I rarely do in London."
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"I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters."
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Anthony Hopkins
"I love roller coasters. I don't get a chance often, but I've gone to Magic Mountain and gone on the rides. I love roller coasters."
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"I like the dueling club scene, where Daniel and I fight with our wands. I thought it was a brilliant scene to shoot. I think the end product looked really good."
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Tom Felton
"I like the dueling club scene, where Daniel and I fight with our wands. I thought it was a brilliant scene to shoot. I think the end product looked really good."
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"Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years."
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Bruce Greenwood
"Racing Stripes was so much fun to do. It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in a couple years."
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"We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students."
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Patrick Stewart
"We've heard from many teachers that they used episodes of Star Trek and concepts of Star Trek in their science classrooms in order to engage the students."
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"I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be."
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Wayne Rogers
"I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be."
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"Have you ever Googled yourself? I did, most depressing thing ever. People have websites hoping I die at 38."
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Artie Lange
"Have you ever Googled yourself? I did, most depressing thing ever. People have websites hoping I die at 38."
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"The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time."
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Andrew Shue
"The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields; they laughed all the time."
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"I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about."
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Cary Elwes
"I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about."
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"There's a certain gravity in Stokes, due to the situations I have to handle."
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Thayer David
"There's a certain gravity in Stokes, due to the situations I have to handle."
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"I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not."
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Bill Murray
"I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not."
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"You can't spend your life apologizing."
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Jude Law
"You can't spend your life apologizing."
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"I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners."
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James MacArthur
"I just sold a farm in Missouri, and I own a ski lodge in Colorado with some Honolulu partners."
Ski,
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"I love wearing drag."
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David Walliams
"I love wearing drag."
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"I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older I realize that I'm walking even closer with my God."
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Andy Griffith
"I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older I realize that I'm walking even closer with my God."
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"I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!"
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Martin Sheen
"I never went to college when I was young and am looking forward to giving it a try... at age 65!"
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"And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process."
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Rene Auberjonois
"And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't just be an actor, I should know about the whole process."
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"I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get."
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Campbell Scott
"I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get."
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"He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like."
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Derek Jacobi
"He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like."
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"I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much."
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Parker Stevenson
"I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much."
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"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."
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James Earl Jones
"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."
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"I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life."
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Jet Li
"I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life."
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