Actors' Thoughts

“When I first was able to fill in A-C-T-O-R for the occupation line on my passport, that was the first time I really felt, 'Wow, I'm home.”
Brendan Gleeson

“With any role, you're extending yourself and acting out things that never happened to you.”
Tom Hiddleston

“Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.”
Anton Corbijn

“Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.”
Val Kilmer

“It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success.”
Eddie Cantor

“There is room at the top, but for those with the will.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger

“Take a chance and spend a million dollars and hope you're right.”
Darryl Francis Zanuck

“I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.”
Héctor Elizondo

“That is the biggest form of bullying ever, the paparazzi. Printing lies, making accusations, it's just bullying.”
Mila Kunis

“With the added social media aspect, you can access that relationship to the fans directly and you have control of the content of what you say, your perspective, your opinions and your ideas.”
Matthew Davis

“I think I've become more comfortable about being a human being.”
Cameron Diaz

“I'm a risk-taker. I like to test myself.”
Joanne Woodward

“I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.”
Gwyneth Paltrow

“All my friends were Star Wars kids but I didn’t go to the movies, so I was the Star Trek kid. ”
Justin Lin

“You know, there's a right and wrong way to do everything.”
Oliver Hardy

“It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.”
Errol Flynn

“Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.”
Jack Lemmon

“I think you have to have an emotional, personal investment in the characters.”
Jeff Wadlow

“No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray.”
Loretta Young

“I was a student of music, albeit on my own. There was a tuba not being played, and I borrowed it over the summer of ’74 and — well, I didn’t master it, but I was pretty good. ”
David Silverman

“Richard Gere is someone who's interested in China. So one dimension of him might be his outspoken support of the Dalai Lama, another may be his spiritual beliefs, but he's also knowledgeable about China.”
Jon Avnet

“You can't do comedy with a beard. ”
Alexei David Sayle

“I admit that death is not just about you, it's also about the people who love you.”
Peter Greenaway

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”
Christopher Reeve

“Sex is like bridge: If you don't have a good partner, you better have a good hand.”
Charles Pierce