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I can really care less about being famous. I... GABOUREY SIDIBE It was great for that to be my first movie with such a wonderful cast, and such a huge movie. And no... BEYONCE KNOWLES I had been very impressed with the voiceover of 'Apocalypse Now,' with Martin Sheen's vo... RIDLEY SCOTT I kind of got really lucky a couple of years ago: I got to do a part in 'The Descendants,' i... ROB HUEBEL If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because ... MELANIE LAURENT I never really did years of movie-after-movie-after-movie but when you've got three toddlers in ... JULIA ROBERTS Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. ... CARL LEWIS I wish I knew what was next. 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I really just fell in love with acting... Ever... DAVE BAUTISTA When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and ... ALEXANDER LUDWIG But in the back of my mind I've always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to ... CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Wes Craven's 'Shocker' is one of my favorite soundtracks. I don't know where that mo... ADAM GREEN I have no regrets. I wanted to raise the kids and be a present father. When I developed a movie, I w... DANA CARVEY 'Aladdin' was probably my favorite Disney animation when I was a kid. The animation was grea... ZACHARY LEVI I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I did... ED HARRIS Everyone in Hollywood wanted a role in this movie. Everyone wanted to have a part in it. I feel so l... ALEXANDER LUDWIG I went to a Cal Tech party after the 'Facebook' movie came out, and there were kids in dark ... 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NATASHA HENSTRIDGE I was doing a movie, 'Diana,' and I pulled aside the guy who was making the nose for Naomi W... DOUGLAS HODGE I really liked the snake that breaks out of the cage in the beginning of the movie. I saw it in real... TOM FELTON My first movie was 'Diner.' My second movie was 'Tender Mercies.' I did really good ... ELLEN BARKIN When I got hired to do 'Guardians,' it was the dream of a lifetime for me. This is what I... JAMES GUNN I'd like to do more TV; TV is completely different than working in movies in a lot of ways, it... ABIGAIL BRESLIN I was looking for a movie where I wasn't the lead in it and a movie where I could go in and work wit... ASHLEE SIMPSON I showed my mom the movie then I told her the movie got bought and that it was gonna be shown in the... JASON MEWES When I was seven, I gave a letter to Cinderella in Disney World asking if I could be in a Disney mov... BRITTANY CURRAN I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but it's part ... TERENCE STAMP I have a memory of this experience when I was young, watching 'Stop Making Sense,' the Talki... DAVID MACKENZIE I remember in high school thinking that I wanted to be a lawyer, and now I realize I saw that movie ... AARON DOUGLAS 'Smurfs' just seemed like a great way to represent a young father to be, guy in a marriage, ... NEIL PATRICK HARRIS I'd love to make a movie with Tom Hardy. If we ever got the chance to make a Venom movie togethe... TOM HOLLAND I read the Koran and it appealed to me. At the time I was agnostic and it really breathed spirituall... Q-TIP I was in an acting class taught by Eric Morris, and Jack Nicholson was in the class. He wrote the sc... TERI GARR I did this one movie with a great director named Wayne Kramer. It was 'Crossing Over,' and H... JUSTIN CHON Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I ... MARA WILSON I made a movie when I was 15 years old with all my friends. This is when IMDb was a little more lax ... LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA If you really analyze my music, there is a lot of violence in my music because the Bronx, at the era... FAT JOE When I was doing a movie called 'The Seeker,' I was fortunate enough to be able to do a lot ... ALEXANDER LUDWIG I was a big 'Blue Valentine' fan. I really loved that movie. And I thought the performances ... DANE DEHAAN He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY I inherited them, so I got it like that. But I hear you can actually get dimples for a certain price... CAMILLE GUATY I knew about 'Haunting Hour' and that it was basically the new 'Goosebumps'. When I ... DYLAN MINNETTE I think 'Cool Hand Luke' was probably the first movie in which I was aware of the writing as... 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JIM BUTCHER There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or mor... JIM BUTCHER I am just another blind man. I do not get the whole picture of what transpires in all places. I am b... JIM BUTCHER It always shocked me how you could understand so many things and be such a complete idiot about so m... JIM BUTCHER I brought the Beetle to life with a roar. Well. Not really a roar. A Volkswagen Bug doesn't roar. Bu... JIM BUTCHER I like dogs. They give Mister something to snack on. JIM BUTCHER Not that I was worried about anyone stealing my car. I once had a car thief offer to get me somethin... JIM BUTCHER It's one of the things that makes us different than they are, Harry. The blood on their hands does n... JIM BUTCHER Some things just aren't meant to go together. Things like oil and water. Orange juice and toothpaste... JIM BUTCHER We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love. JIM BUTCHER He wasn't evil as much as magnificently innocent of any kind of morality. JIM BUTCHER I am the foremost collector of velvet Elvii in the city of Chicago," I said at once. "El... JIM BUTCHER Mister Dresden is a diplomatically challenged individual. He should be in a shelter for the tactless... JIM BUTCHER I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pant... JIM BUTCHER Do you really think you can win?' 'Yeah. Hell, Ortega is only the third or fourth most disturbi... JIM BUTCHER Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It i... JIM BUTCHER They don't make morgues with windows. In fact, if the geography allows for it, they hardly ever make... JIM BUTCHER I put the ick in magic. JIM BUTCHER Mister Dresden," he said. "And Miss Rodriguez, I believe. I didn't realize you were an art collector... JIM BUTCHER My faith protects me. My Kevlar helps. JIM BUTCHER I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at t... JIM BUTCHER Sullen monosyllabism, a sure sign of sleep deprivation. JIM BUTCHER It came charging toward me, several hundred pounds of angry-looking monster, and I did the only thin... JIM BUTCHER There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward. JIM BUTCHER You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute. JIM BUTCHER I swear to you, by my own stunning good looks and towering ego, that I am not lying to you. JIM BUTCHER Journeyman stared at Grimm as though Grimm had just suggested that the engineer should prostitute hi... JIM BUTCHER Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in fro... JIM BUTCHER I know how you feel," I said. "You run into something you totally don't get, and it's scary as hell.... JIM BUTCHER Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been. JIM BUTCHER Isana laughed. "And you, lady? Are you a woman of conscience or of ambition?" The lady smiled. ... JIM BUTCHER It would require a singularly stupid man to go hang around in narrow tunnels and cramped spaces alon... JIM BUTCHER There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen. JIM BUTCHER Coz," he said. "You really must learn to shut your mouth from time to time. You'll taste less shoe l... JIM BUTCHER Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting yo... JIM BUTCHER It is vital that we not be made to seem wholly helpless in the opening moments of the war. On... JIM BUTCHER We consistently shot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and they took advantage of them. Northvill... DENNY BUTCHER I felt great for the kids. It was a big win for them. DENNY BUTCHER We got Boss into foul trouble early. Every time he caught it, we ran some double teams. We tried to ... DENNY BUTCHER I thought we did a good job on him. It seemed like he got passive in the fourth, which was to our ad... DENNY BUTCHER