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The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops.


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C. THOMAS HOWELL I became super claustrophobic with Hollywood. I don't like Hollywood. I don't like what it r...
BRODY JENNER Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about bein...
WILLEM DAFOE Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.
LAURA LINNEY I'll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I'll be off the series, and downtim...
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KEN HAM As an actor, you're never busy enough.
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JOSEPH P. KENNEDY I'm an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.
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ZACH MCGOWAN I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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ASHLEY MADEKWE An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.
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RAM KAPOOR I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I'...
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ED SPELEERS You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor w...
CLINT EASTWOOD Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
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ANNA SILK I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality.
CHRISTINA RICCI I really like words and I like to make them fun. Being an actor, teacher and a playwright, words are...
GAY HAMMOND I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor....
SPALDING GRAY I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pompos...
CHARLES KIMBROUGH I had grand visions of being in professional sports. But when reality set in, I went, 'Oh, OK. I...
BAILEY CHASE Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life.
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ELISABETH HARNOIS My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to co...
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JAMES ALLEN The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and y...
JAMES ALLEN I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.
LEBRON JAMES There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I p...
LEBRON JAMES I'm confident with my ability.
LEBRON JAMES Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and l...
LEBRON JAMES But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the ...
LEBRON JAMES There are some teams and logos you see, no matter where you are in the world, and you know exactly w...
LEBRON JAMES Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you h...
LEBRON JAMES Every night on the court I give my all, and if I'm not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LEBRON JAMES When you have that respect from your teammates, it makes it a lot more comfortable.
LEBRON JAMES I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.
LEBRON JAMES I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
LEBRON JAMES Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it...
JAMES DENTON There's nothing wrong with falling in love and sharing your life with someone.
LILY JAMES Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place ...
JAMES TAYLOR I treated it like every day was my last day with a basketball.
LEBRON JAMES I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
JAMES THOMSON It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up...
JAMES ALTUCHER The James Brown story is not about James Brown. It's about who's getting paid, whose interes...
JAMES MCBRIDE The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.
JAMES MCBRIDE In a way, light unites the spiritual world and the ephemeral, physical world. People frequently talk...
JAMES TURRELL I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that th...
THEO JAMES The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to s...
JAMES LARKIN Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six...
JAMES WAN