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"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."
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Stephen Collins
"Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again."
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"There's a passion about this because people take it very close to their hearts and they have grown up with James Bond - and so have I. But I was being criticized before I had presented anything, so it was name calling."
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Daniel Craig
"There's a passion about this because people take it very close to their hearts and they have grown up with James Bond - and so have I. But I was being criticized before I had presented anything, so it was name calling."
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"I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news."
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Jeff Bridges
"I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news."
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"I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish."
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Jonathan Frakes
"I'm sort of in for a penny, in for a pound with Star Trek, It's my life at this point. To deny it would just be foolish."
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"Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother."
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Jeffrey Jones
"Well, my brother was a schizophrenic, so I understood it in a different way from seeing my brother."
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"I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women."
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Will Smith
"I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women."
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"I've been working with photography for many years."
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Leonard Nimoy
"I've been working with photography for many years."
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"I hooked up everybody in Sidney, including one guy who was blind."
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Dave Willis
"I hooked up everybody in Sidney, including one guy who was blind."
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"I'm gonna be the best dad that ever lived. I'll have a ranch with a race car track and a golf course."
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Jeremy London
"I'm gonna be the best dad that ever lived. I'll have a ranch with a race car track and a golf course."
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"No matter what the role, you're trying to do the impossible - make a living in show business."
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Peter Gallagher
"No matter what the role, you're trying to do the impossible - make a living in show business."
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"I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian."
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Drew Carey
"I wanted to do a show based on what my life would be like if I had never become a comedian."
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"When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine."
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David Friedman
"When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine."
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"Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message."
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Boris Kodjoe
"Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message."
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"I was never a celebrity - just a working actor."
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Martin Milner
"I was never a celebrity - just a working actor."
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"The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting."
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Vincent D'Onofrio
"The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting."
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"The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life."
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Bruce Dern
"The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life."
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"Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere."
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Morgan Freeman
"Acting means living, it's all I do and all I'm good at. If I weren't getting paid well, I would still be acting in a small troupe somewhere."
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"An actor is only merchandise."
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Chow Yun Fat
"An actor is only merchandise."
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"Tom Arnold and I, we have a huge firefight scene on top of a German tank. I get to shoot 50 caliber rounds. We shoot a helicopter out of the sky. That's the only fight I'm in."
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Anthony Anderson
"Tom Arnold and I, we have a huge firefight scene on top of a German tank. I get to shoot 50 caliber rounds. We shoot a helicopter out of the sky. That's the only fight I'm in."
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"One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series."
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Ted Danson
"One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series."
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"I don't think I really know just how cool Satan really was when I was in Junior High School. Now, thanks to Marilyn Manson, it's no longer a secret."
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Jim Coleman
"I don't think I really know just how cool Satan really was when I was in Junior High School. Now, thanks to Marilyn Manson, it's no longer a secret."
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"I've done the gay, over-the-top guy. I want to jump into another show where I wear pants for the majority of the time."
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Jai Rodriguez
"I've done the gay, over-the-top guy. I want to jump into another show where I wear pants for the majority of the time."
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"They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?"
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Brendan Fraser
"They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?"
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"I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen."
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Tim Roth
"I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen."
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"No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act."
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Mako
"No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act."
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"Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state."
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Bela Lugosi
"Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state."
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"It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted."
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Ewan McGregor
"It's important, that spirit of youth, and when you're 16 that can get you kickstarted."
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"Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance."
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F. Murray Abraham
"Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance."
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"It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along."
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Nathan Lane
"It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along."
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"And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge."
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Andrea Martin
"And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge."
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"I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in."
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Wilford Brimley
"I've already got my rent paid, and it's too late in my life for me to go around talking up stuff that I don't like or believe in."
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"Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed."
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Edgar Bergen
"Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed."
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"I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!"
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Mackenzie Crook
"I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!"
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"I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view."
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Michael York
"I think that you have to believe in your destiny; that you will succeed, you will meet a lot of rejection and it is not always a straight path, there will be detours - so enjoy the view."
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"I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son."
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John Turturro
"I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son."
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"The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."
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Michael Caine
"The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."
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"A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing."
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Lawrence Tierney
"A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing."
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"You cannot be this successful without having God on your side."
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Andy Dick
"You cannot be this successful without having God on your side."
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"Everyone plays their own crucial part towards the film."
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Tom Felton
"Everyone plays their own crucial part towards the film."
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"You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you're vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who's over there behind your back."
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David Strathairn
"You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you're vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who's over there behind your back."
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"I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more."
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Judd Nelson
"I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more."
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"The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but that's a concern no matter what kind of movie you're dealing with."
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Adam Arkin
"The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but that's a concern no matter what kind of movie you're dealing with."
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"Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite."
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Crispin Glover
"Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite."
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"They disallowed this and disallowed that, and now I can't even get my head above water!"
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Bud Abbott
"They disallowed this and disallowed that, and now I can't even get my head above water!"
Now,
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"I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously."
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Christopher Eccleston
"I love Dead Ringers. A democratic set, the work was taken seriously."
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"I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York."
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Steve Buscemi
"I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York."
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"So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol."
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Harvey Fierstein
"So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely... Warhol."
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"You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is."
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Ben Stein
"You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is."
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"We had had several mine disasters where workers, some of the workers were rescued. It was, you know, who was lucky and who weren't. Some would find the air pockets But, in this one, bam, it was just, everybody was gone and it greatly depressed the state."
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Richard Grimes
"We had had several mine disasters where workers, some of the workers were rescued. It was, you know, who was lucky and who weren't. Some would find the air pockets But, in this one, bam, it was just, everybody was gone and it greatly depressed the state."
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"You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?"
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Chris Tucker
"You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?"
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