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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."

"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."

James Earl Jones, American Actor

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"I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life."

"I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Life, Coach, Want

51

"As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents."

"As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents."

Sidney Poitier, American Actor

Values, Man, Parents

51

"I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history."

"I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

History, Movies, Rest

51

"You're the one who likes cigars right? Try smoking this."

"You're the one who likes cigars right? Try smoking this."

Franco Nero, Italian Actor

51

"Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time."

"Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time."

Artie Lange, American Actor

Happiness, Time, Comedy, Sadness

51

"I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid."

"I heard the various terms of abuse at school and probably indulged them in the way you do as a kid."

Christopher Eccleston, English Actor

51

"I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place."

"I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place."

Jeremy Renner, American Actor

Thought, Thoughts, Cinema, Wrong

51

"Sea Hunt was the first time anyone tackled a show that took place underwater. The stories were sort of exciting for kids, like cops and robbers underwater."

"Sea Hunt was the first time anyone tackled a show that took place underwater. The stories were sort of exciting for kids, like cops and robbers underwater."

Lloyd Bridges, American Actor

Time, First, Kids, Sea

51

"I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive."

"I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive."

Christopher Meloni, American Actor

Success, Successful

51

"I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield."

"I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield."

Skeet Ulrich, American Actor

51

"I get offered a lot of the same type of thing... The teenage slasher movies."

"I get offered a lot of the same type of thing... The teenage slasher movies."

Casey Affleck, American Actor

Movies, Teenage

51

"For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles."

"For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles."

Theodore Bikel, Austrian Actor

Life, Principles

51

"People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a British accent in America is a real status symbol."

"People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the reason I did that is a British accent in America is a real status symbol."

John Mahoney, English Actor

People, America, Reason, Symbol

51

"I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year."

"I'm reading scripts, desperately wanting to work. I've set a couple of things up for next year."

Charlie Hunnam, English Actor

51

"Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it."

"Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it."

John Cleese, English Actor

People, Snobbery, Wine

51

"Every day I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately I have a great group of friends who help me do this."

"Every day I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately I have a great group of friends who help me do this."

Bruce Willis, American Actor

Work, Day, Fame, Friends

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"And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow."

"And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow."

Mel Gibson, American Actor

Work, Illusion, Tomorrow

51

"I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game."

"I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Acting, Man, Want

51

"I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop."

"I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop."

Michael Caine, English Actor

American, Quiet

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"You don't become the character."

"You don't become the character."

Peter Fonda, American Actor

51

"I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV."

"I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV."

Sam Waterston, American Actor

51

"Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated."

"Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated."

James Woods, American Actor

Being, Celebrity, Word

50

"The fans make the person a star."

"The fans make the person a star."

Zac Efron, American Actor

50

"I'll be honest with you: not a chance in this world. But you know, stranger things have happened."

"I'll be honest with you: not a chance in this world. But you know, stranger things have happened."

Stacy Keach, American Actor

50

"I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun."

"I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun."

James Lafferty, American Actor

Beach, Fun, Gifts, July

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"But that's something that I like about scoring film: it makes me reach out of the parameters of my self, it requires me to do things musically that I wouldn't normally do left to my own devices."

"But that's something that I like about scoring film: it makes me reach out of the parameters of my self, it requires me to do things musically that I wouldn't normally do left to my own devices."

Jim Coleman, American Actor

50

"I'd better make hay while the sun shines."

"I'd better make hay while the sun shines."

Xander Berkeley, American Actor

50

"He saved the production a tremendous amount. Now they did the scene where Omar is on the horse and he's in the deep snow, they went to Finland to do that. That scene they went to Finland for a week. I wasn't around then."

"He saved the production a tremendous amount. Now they did the scene where Omar is on the horse and he's in the deep snow, they went to Finland to do that. That scene they went to Finland for a week. I wasn't around then."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

Deep, Now, Production, Snow

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"I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter."

"I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

50

"I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies."

"I remember back when I was a kid there was a comic strip called Plastic Man. His body was elastic and he could make his extremities as long as he wanted. As a youngster I didn't fully appreciate. But I'm now thinking Plastic Man was probably pretty popular with the ladies."

Ben Affleck, American Actor

Body, Ladies, Man, Now

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"I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future."

"I just don't want to live like I used to. And at some point, I'm going to put a gag order on myself in terms of talking about the past. I've got to slam the door and deal with the present and the future."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

Future, Order, Past, Present

50

"I like to work fast."

"I like to work fast."

Jerry Orbach, American Actor

50

"I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer."

"I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

50

"This big part flies off on the floor. The other part goes like this and lands in my foot! Standing up! It's standing in my foot! Right in the side of my foot. The flute glass. I think I'm like in one of my own pictures."

"This big part flies off on the floor. The other part goes like this and lands in my foot! Standing up! It's standing in my foot! Right in the side of my foot. The flute glass. I think I'm like in one of my own pictures."

Danny DeVito, American Actor

50

"We live in a kissy society."

"We live in a kissy society."

Michael Bergin, American Actor

50

"There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another."

"There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to another."

Derek Jacobi, British Actor

Character, Career

50

"I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career."

"I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career."

Richard O'Brien, English Actor

50

"Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something."

"Well, my wife always says to me, and I think it's true, it's very difficult for us to understand the Elizabethan understanding and enjoyment and perception of form as it is to say... it would be for them to understand computers or going to the moon or something."

Mark Rylance, English Actor

Computer, Computers, Wife, Perception, Enjoyment

50

"I never apologized for anything in my life. The only thing I'm sorry about is putting a curse on Roger Ebert's colon. If a fat pig like Roger Ebert doesn't like my movie, then I'm sorry for him."

"I never apologized for anything in my life. The only thing I'm sorry about is putting a curse on Roger Ebert's colon. If a fat pig like Roger Ebert doesn't like my movie, then I'm sorry for him."

Vincent Gallo, American Actor

50

"Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun."

"Producing is the hardest of the three because there is almost no closure. Every time you solve a problem, another one pops up. Directing is second, and acting is the most fun."

Henry Winkler, American Actor

Time, Acting, Fun

50

"I've had the most wonderful life."

"I've had the most wonderful life."

Michael Moriarty, American Actor

50

"Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him."

"Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him."

Orson Welles, American Actor

50

"People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack."

"People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack."

Charlie Sheen, American Actor

50

"Most of my stuff before CSI was kind of the jerk boyfriend, so I thought this was one of those deals, where these two have a thing going on, so we had a scene where they make out."

"Most of my stuff before CSI was kind of the jerk boyfriend, so I thought this was one of those deals, where these two have a thing going on, so we had a scene where they make out."

George Eads, American Actor

Thought, Boyfriend, Deals

50

"An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa."

"An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa."

Desi Arnaz, American Actor

Actor, Comedy, Drama, Vice

50

"I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being an underclass or colonial. I assume it must have been a more aggressive and prominent attitude 40 years before that, because Australia internationally wasn't regarded as having much cultural value. We were a country full of sheep and convicts."

"I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being an underclass or colonial. I assume it must have been a more aggressive and prominent attitude 40 years before that, because Australia internationally wasn't regarded as having much cultural value. We were a country full of sheep and convicts."

Geoffrey Rush, Australian Actor

Attitude, Being, Country, England

50

"When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant."

"When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant."

Mike Lookinland, American Actor

Business, College, Film, Production

50

"I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s."

"I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be pretty miserable at 40 or 50. If you're in good health, you can enjoy things into your 80s."

Bob Barker, American Actor

Age, Health, Poor, Pretty

50

"If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better."

"If you know you're going to be outside, you have to be a little bit more in tune, so that you don't get distracted by what's going on and focus better."

George Dzundza, American Actor

50

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