The first time I got the script, it said The Amanda Show" (1999) on it. I thought they were kidding. I`m still little Amanda, and to be getting my own show, it`s like, oh, my gosh!" - at age 13
Amanda Bynes
Being a star doesn`t last. That`s not what life should be about. It`s a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing. (1999, Raygun)
Jake Gyllenhaal
[On seeing her Girl, Interrupted (1999) character on screen] "I always envisioned her looking like a spindly blonde, but she looked like me".
Brittany Murphy
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I`ll make pretty good movies the rest of my life. And maybe I`ll make some clunkers, maybe I`ll make some winners, but I guess the way that I really feel is that Magnolia (1999) is, for better or worse, th...
Paul Anderson
[about Reese Witherspoon on Election (1999)]: "She inhabited that role fully, but she can do all these other roles. You see a woman in her, not a girl. She`s going to be interesting for a long time."
Alexander Payne
People shout at me "Hey, loved that The Matrix (1999), man!" Yeah - me too. I was actually on a plane last year and this guy sat down next to me. Finally he said something to me, and we started talking about _Pulp Fiction (1994)_. He couldn`t remember the...
Samuel Jackson
Regarding his commitment to directing Jarhead (2005) without a personal soldiering background: "This is new territory to me, but I hadn`t spent two days in American suburbia when I directed American Beauty (1999). I only knew the script had an unusual and...
Sam Mendes
I`m an actress, and that`s why I`m still here. Anybody who has the illusion that you can have a career as long as I have and be a star is kidding themselves. From a 1999 interview
Suzanne Pleshette
(On working and being with Reese on the film Cruel Intentions (1999)): "It was great. I`m the luckiest guy in the world. Not only personally but professionally. She was an asset to the movie and we begged her to do it. She didn`t have as colorful a role a...
Ryan Phillippe
[on talking to his Any Given Sunday (1999) costar, Al Pacino] When Johnny [John Cusack] and I were shooting The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) in Calgary, he told me just to go up and knock on Al`s trailer door. That`s the secret of talking to him. If no one knock...
John McGinley
[on talking to his Any Given Sunday (1999) costar, Al Pacino] When Johnny [John Cusack] and I were shooting The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) in Calgary, he told me just to go up and knock on Al`s trailer door. That`s the secret of talking to him. If no one knock...
John McGinley
[in August 1999, when asked to what he attributes his success] Hard work. You gotta study, man. It`s like any profession. I did eight years in theater. I studied two years in school in New York with Stella Adler, the best teacher in the world. I studied u...
Brion James
When I get cast, I always flip to the end of the script to see if my character gets beaten up or killed. I really thought that after getting killed on The Sopranos" (1999) I should not accept scripts where I die. I mean, there`s nowhere to go after gettin...
Steve Buscemi
After The Insider (1999), I know the exact chemical compounds in a commercial cigarette, but I`ve been smoking since I was 10. I know it`s terrible, but I am a great fan of irony.
Russell Crowe
[On being voted 1999`s coolest couple with Natalie Appleton, by Elle magazine] I thought, `this is just too funny`. Then, they read my name out and it was highly embarrassing.
Jonny Miller
[On her character "Darla" on "Angel" (1999)] "I didn`t expect them to write such a beautiful ending. I really think it was one of the most beautiful gifts I`ve ever received as an actor. The last three episodes of her life are so wonderful. They were such...
Julie Benz
(About his injury during Dickie`s death scene in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)) "Matt [Damon] broke my rib! But I think I strained his neck, we got a little bit carried away".
Jude Law
[on her "Angel" (1999) character Fred facing the evil vampire Angelus as played by star David Boreanaz, who ad libbed a lot of his lines:] "I think it`s great; he has so much fun playing that character. It`s a lot of improvisation and taking risks. You ne...
Amy Acker
About Darkness Falls (1999) - "I loved the script when I read it; it`s a wonderful character piece. I saw Ray [Winstone]`s work, like _Nil by Mouth (1997)_, and I saw Tim [Dutton]`s work, and I just was really excited to be a part of it."
Sherilyn Fenn
I had my first date in 1999 when I was 16 years old. I was so excited! I walked into the living room to watch out the window for him and my dad was cleaning his shotguns!!!! My mom yelled at him for a while and, uh, the guy never asked me out again...
Carrie Underwood
On American Beauty (1999): "I read the screenplay and nearly fell out of bed. I thought I better meet him quick before someone else read it".
Kevin Spacey
As far as I`m concerned, when I looked at what happened in my career in 2000 - after American Beauty (1999) - I thought it couldn`t get much better. What was I going to spend the rest of my life doing? Trying to top myself? Trying to stay hot, trying to m...
Kevin Spacey
No, but I`ve been thinking about it a lot. I love acting, but I don`t know if there`s something out there that I love more. That`s what college is going to be about for me - checking things out. (Interview October 1999)
Natalie Portman
[Talking about motherhood and her baby]: "I feel good, I`m proud of Election (1999) and very proud of this [her child]. It couldn`t be a better time. It`s always the right time when it happens. You make it the right time".
Reese Witherspoon
[on turning down the role of Morpheus in The Matrix (1999)] Well, "The Matrix" - I just didn`t get it. I couldn`t get past page 42. That world was just not interesting to me.
Russell Crowe
Told the November 1999 issue of Mademoiselle magazine that she wished she knew David Letterman because, "He seems to be so smart, but you never get to hang out with him after the show."
Natalie Portman
[On getting the part in Liberty Heights (1999)] "It was so surreal just to audition for it to begin with. When I got the call I was passed out. I was at my family`s house, just taking a break from my apartment, and my mom came and knocked on my door. I sa...
Ben Foster
On his contribution to "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999): "I bring a lot of shit to the show. I`m the only person on the show probably anybody under 20 knows who they are. I bring black people and ethnic people. I bring an edge to the show, becau...
Ice-T
[on her "Angel" (1999) character Fred:] "Looking back at my character, I`ve gotten to do about 12 different parts because I started out crazy, in a potato sack, in a demon dimension. Now I`m in charge of this multimillion-dollar science lab. The journey b...
Amy Acker
[On playing an aging Jewish Shopkeeper in the upcoming _Waterproof (1999)_]: It`s a real challenge. I just hope Billy Crystal doesn`t get P.O.`d.
Burt Reynolds