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"After 4 years on NYPD Blue it has been nice to have the summer off and spend time with family and friends. There are a few projects I am interested in and plan to be working this fall."
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar
"After 4 years on NYPD Blue it has been nice to have the summer off and spend time with family and friends. There are a few projects I am interested in and plan to be working this fall."
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"I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot."
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Matthew Modine
"I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot."
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"If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved."
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Maurice Chevalier
"If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved."
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"I do really crazy things all the time, but I can't think of anything offhand."
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Casper Van Dien
"I do really crazy things all the time, but I can't think of anything offhand."
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"I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them."
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Roger Moore
"I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them."
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"I just want to be more regular."
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Steven Hill
"I just want to be more regular."
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"Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools."
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Jeremy London
"Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools."
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"I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head."
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Andrew McCarthy
"I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head."
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"It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars."
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Mickey Rourke
"It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars."
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"We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world."
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Christopher Eccleston
"We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world."
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"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."
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Gary Sinise
"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."
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"I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?."
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Jackie Chan
"I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?."
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"In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting."
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Viggo Mortensen
"In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting."
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"I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me."
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Jimmy Smits
"I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me."
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"I worked with people I admire; Josh Lucas, who I'd worked with many many years ago on a pilot called The Class of 61 and Kurt Russell, and so there were a variety of different people that I enjoyed working with."
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Andre Braugher
"I worked with people I admire; Josh Lucas, who I'd worked with many many years ago on a pilot called The Class of 61 and Kurt Russell, and so there were a variety of different people that I enjoyed working with."
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"So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it."
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Gene Wilder
"So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it."
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"I guess my style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood."
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Dylan McDermott
"I guess my style is a cross between David Bowie and Clint Eastwood."
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"Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from."
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Daniel Day Lewis
"Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from."
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"Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied."
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Martin Short
"Someone once asked me what was the weirdest question I was ever asked. And I was stymied."
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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day."
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Dean Martin
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they're going to feel all day."
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"Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys."
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Joe Lando
"Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys."
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"I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous and obsessed. I'm just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I'm really tense."
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Casey Affleck
"I love getting ready to do a scene, and thinking about it, and talking about it. But the rest of the time, I'm so nervous and obsessed. I'm just tearing my hair out in the trailer. The whole time I'm really tense."
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"When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!"
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Denzel Washington
"When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!"
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"In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been."
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Ivan Reitman
"In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been."
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"I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent."
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Theodore Bikel
"I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent."
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"There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation."
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Patrick Stewart
"There are several books that I have-the Physics of Star Trek, Star Trek and Business, there are manuals on command style and countless scholarly papers that have been written about the significance of Next Generation."
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"During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair."
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Patrick Stewart
"During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair."
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"The fact that that's the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It's so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands."
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Hector Elizondo
"The fact that that's the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It's so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands."
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"I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person."
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan
"I'm just looking always for characters that change, because I want to get better, as an actor and as a person."
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"I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat."
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Russell Crowe
"I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat."
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"With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable."
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Michael Shanks
"With network shows, writers can be so protective of every syllable."
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"When Richie Cunningham drank too many beers, his parents sat him down and explained their concerns. If you live on this earth, you find out that we are all the same."
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Henry Winkler
"When Richie Cunningham drank too many beers, his parents sat him down and explained their concerns. If you live on this earth, you find out that we are all the same."
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"You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men."
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Max Beerbohm
"You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men."
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"Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios."
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Nicolas Cage
"Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios."
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"Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills."
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Tim Reid
"Just having hope ain't going to cut it. You've got to have hope, passion and skills."
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"A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on."
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William Devane
"A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on."
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"But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all."
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Thomas Haden Church
"But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all."
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"I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do."
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Leonardo DiCaprio
"I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do."
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"Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor."
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Kevin Costner
"Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor."
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"Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man."
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Dennis Farina
"Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man."
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"I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath."
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Peter Gallagher
"I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath."
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"A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail."
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Sterling Hayden
"A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail."
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"When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life."
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Ralph Fiennes
"When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life."
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"I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls."
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Gene Kelly
"I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls."
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"It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending."
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Bill Paxton
"It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending."
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"I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable."
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Aidan Quinn
"I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable."
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"When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends."
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Orson Welles
"When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends."
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"I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments."
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Colin Firth
"I do notice that when I've been away and I come back to London. People look at you. People are ready to pick arguments."
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"I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way."
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William Petersen
"I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way."
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"When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes."
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Cesar Romero
"When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes."
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