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I never saw myself so much as an actor. I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles M. Schulz and create my own world and be able to have a studio at home and not commute and be able to be with my family. I just didn`t have the skills to pull that off and so...
Mark Hamill
Keywords: able :: actor :: an :: and :: as :: at :: be :: cartoonist :: charles :: commute :: create :: didn :: family :: have :: home :: just :: like :: much :: my :: myself :: never :: not :: off :: own :: pull :: saw :: schulz :: skills :: so :: studio :: that :: the :: to :: wanted :: with :: worldSource: imdb.com -
I knew I could contribute but people would offer me all sorts and behind my back they just found my quest laughable.t was awful, I`d be crying driving down to the studio some days, just crying, thinking `I hate this, I don`t want to sit in this room with ...
Keith Urban
Keywords: all :: and :: awful :: back :: be :: behind :: but :: contribute :: could :: crying :: days :: don :: down :: driving :: found :: hate :: in :: just :: knew :: laughable :: me :: my :: offer :: people :: quest :: room :: sit :: some :: sorts :: studio :: the :: they :: thinking :: this :: to :: want :: was :: with :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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But once you`re in the movie business, that`s where you meet the real criminals. You meet the guys who no law will ever prosecute - these are the studio bosses, the guys who swan around town with £80m yachts.
Peter Mullan
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I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
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The studio said Bottle Rocket (1996) was their worst-testing movie in history, so I looked into the marines. Maybe I was influenced by An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). Or those marine commercials - they were so cool! Like a Led Zeppelin song come to lif...
Owen Wilson
Keywords: 1982 :: 1996 :: an :: and :: bottle :: by :: come :: commercials :: cool :: full :: gentleman :: history :: in :: influenced :: into :: led :: life :: like :: looked :: marine :: marines :: maybe :: movie :: of :: officer :: or :: rocket :: said :: so :: song :: studio :: testing :: the :: their :: they :: those :: to :: was :: were :: worst :: zeppelinSource: imdb.com
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You were taken in charge and trained. They have none of that today any place. I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. Believe me. What could I do? I couldn`t dance. I couldn`t sing. I could talk. I...
Lucille Ball
Keywords: and :: any :: appreciative :: ba :: because :: believe :: charge :: could :: couldn :: dance :: do :: had :: have :: in :: it :: me :: no :: none :: of :: passing :: place :: regret :: sing :: studio :: system :: taken :: talent :: talk :: that :: the :: they :: today :: trained :: very :: was :: were :: what :: youSource: imdb.com
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With indies, all they have is their script and it`s very important to them. The characters are better drawn, the stories more precise and the experience greater than with studio films where sometimes they fill in the script as they`re shooting.
Mark Ruffalo
Keywords: all :: and :: are :: as :: better :: characters :: drawn :: experience :: fill :: films :: greater :: have :: important :: in :: indies :: is :: it :: more :: precise :: re :: script :: shooting :: sometimes :: stories :: studio :: than :: the :: their :: them :: they :: to :: very :: where :: withSource: imdb.com
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The relationships between the characters were amazing, and we`ve actually forged real-life friendships as a result of working in the same studio. I think we all felt this show was something special. Very unusual for a medium where we do our parts individu...
Steven Jay Blum
Keywords: actually :: all :: amazing :: and :: as :: between :: characters :: do :: felt :: for :: forged :: friendships :: in :: individuall :: life :: medium :: of :: our :: parts :: real :: relationships :: result :: same :: show :: something :: special :: studio :: the :: think :: this :: unusual :: ve :: very :: was :: we :: were :: where :: workingSource: imdb.com
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(On choosing studio or independent films) "I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other. The only reason to make a decision like that is financial, you know, you can`t live. That ...
Forest Whitaker
Keywords: and :: back :: because :: between :: can :: choosing :: decision :: do :: doesn :: feel :: films :: financial :: forth :: go :: independent :: indie :: is :: it :: know :: like :: live :: make :: not :: obligated :: on :: one :: only :: or :: other :: reason :: studio :: that :: the :: to :: youSource: imdb.com
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(On choosing studio or independent films) "I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other. The only reason to make a decision like that is financial, you know, you can`t live. That ...
Forest Whitaker
Keywords: and :: back :: because :: between :: can :: choosing :: decision :: do :: doesn :: feel :: films :: financial :: forth :: go :: independent :: indie :: is :: it :: know :: like :: live :: make :: not :: obligated :: on :: one :: only :: or :: other :: reason :: studio :: that :: the :: to :: youSource: imdb.com
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I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they`re running the asylum. You`ve got to look at the whole studio structure. There`s these guys. We call them suits. They have the power to okay a film. They`re like ...
Robert De Niro
Keywords: actors :: are :: asylum :: at :: but :: call :: class :: film :: got :: guys :: has :: have :: hollywood :: inmates :: is :: like :: look :: okay :: pa :: power :: re :: running :: structure :: studio :: suits :: system :: the :: them :: there :: these :: they :: think :: to :: truth :: ve :: we :: whole :: you :: yourSource: imdb.com
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[Explaining his disillusionment with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he made his first films} Metro was really a star-builder, no doubt about that. You were wrapped in cotton wool. ... I was encouraged to emulate Robert Taylor, who came to the studio every day...
Peter Lawford
Keywords: about :: builder :: came :: cotton :: day :: disillusionment :: doubt :: emulate :: encouraged :: every :: explaining :: first :: goldwyn :: he :: his :: in :: made :: mayer :: metro :: no :: of :: really :: robert :: star :: studio :: taylor :: that :: the :: to :: was :: were :: where :: who :: with :: wool :: wrapped :: youSource: imdb.com
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The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself. The worst type is dictated by demographics or what is hip or what kids are into. Kong isn`t driven by that. No way would a studio think this is the year that people want to see a big goril...
Peter Jackson
Keywords: are :: big :: by :: demographics :: dictated :: driven :: film :: filmmaking :: for :: form :: gorilla :: hip :: honest :: into :: is :: isn :: kids :: kong :: make :: most :: no :: of :: or :: people :: see :: studio :: that :: the :: think :: this :: to :: type :: want :: way :: what :: worst :: would :: year :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so well in. I cannot...
Michael Mann
Keywords: budget :: cannot :: choices :: controls :: could :: creativity :: definitely :: did :: draconian :: etc :: fared :: guys :: have :: hawks :: howard :: in :: just :: like :: ma :: meaning :: my :: not :: old :: on :: poorly :: script :: so :: studio :: system :: that :: the :: there :: time :: under :: well :: were :: where :: worked :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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[on Warner Brothers] This studio has more suspensions than the Golden Gate Bridge.
Humphrey Bogart
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I don`t outline. And when I`ve done jobs either in television or for a studio, and outlines have been part of the deal, it seems completely artificial to me and, I think, made it harder for me to write the script afterward.
Noah Baumbach
Keywords: afterward :: and :: artificial :: been :: completely :: deal :: don :: done :: either :: for :: harder :: have :: in :: it :: jobs :: made :: me :: of :: or :: outline :: outlines :: part :: script :: seems :: studio :: television :: the :: think :: to :: ve :: when :: writeSource: imdb.com
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It used to be that people thought I was Norm from Cheers" (1982). Ten years ago everyone would say that to me. Then, in the last year, I was at a newsstand in Studio City, and I saw George Wendt. He said he had just gone on an audition, and they said they...
Jeff Garlin
Keywords: 1982 :: ago :: an :: and :: at :: audition :: be :: cheers :: city :: everyone :: from :: george :: gone :: had :: he :: in :: it :: just :: last :: look :: me :: newsstand :: norm :: on :: people :: said :: saw :: say :: studio :: ten :: that :: the :: then :: they :: thought :: to :: used :: was :: wendt :: were :: would :: year :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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You did something that was pretty good, and the picture was pretty good. That pedigreed you in that type of part, which I thought was stupid, and unfair, too. It didn`t give me a chance, but it made casting easier for the studio. Interview with The Associ...
Charles Lane
Keywords: and :: associated :: but :: casting :: chance :: did :: didn :: easier :: for :: give :: good :: in :: interview :: it :: made :: me :: of :: part :: pedigreed :: picture :: pre :: pretty :: something :: studio :: stupid :: that :: the :: thought :: too :: type :: unfair :: was :: which :: with :: youSource: imdb.com
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Listen, I don`t know. It`s all theory. If I knew what I was talking about, I would be running the studio. That`s why they keep changing the heads of the studios: Nobody knows. Nobody knows. But I`m sure it has affected the quality of movies. Being sensiti...
Teri Garr
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We had been shooting Charlie for about a month, and I was beginning to get nervous because there weren`t any phone calls. I called my agent and asked, Has no one called from the studio to complain or say, `Hey, what`s he doing?` or `Hey, he`s freaking us ...
Johnny Depp
Keywords: about :: agent :: and :: any :: asked :: because :: been :: beginning :: called :: calls :: charlie :: complain :: doing :: for :: freaking :: from :: get :: had :: has :: he :: hey :: month :: my :: nervous :: no :: one :: or :: out :: phone :: say :: shooting :: studio :: the :: there :: to :: us :: was :: we :: weren :: wh :: whatSource: imdb.com
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False FBI accusations fueled thousands of articles saying that I terrorize journalists and associate with the Mafia . . . these kinds of inflammatory allegations scare studio heads and independent producers -- and kill careers.
Steven Seagal
Keywords: accusations :: allegations :: and :: articles :: associate :: careers :: false :: fbi :: fueled :: heads :: independent :: inflammatory :: journalists :: kill :: kinds :: mafia :: of :: producers :: saying :: scare :: studio :: terrorize :: that :: the :: these :: thousands :: withSource: imdb.com
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When he`s not working: "I have way too many hobbies. I play guitar, and my buddies and I record music in a studio in my house. I have a couple of vintage Jeeps I`m always working on, fixing up. And I ride horses-I grew up on a horse ranch-and play basketb...
Riley Smith
Keywords: always :: and :: basketball :: buddies :: couple :: fixing :: grew :: guitar :: have :: he :: hobbies :: horse :: horses :: house :: in :: jeeps :: many :: music :: my :: not :: of :: on :: play :: ranch :: record :: ride :: studio :: too :: up :: vintage :: way :: when :: workingSource: imdb.com
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There were some movies I passed on early on, and some movies I didn`t get, some big studio films. But now I look back and I realize that I really came later in life to a kind of career. I was somewhat typecast as suburban "mom" type roles early on. But I`...
Patricia Clarkson
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Teeth are a vitally important part of an actor`s equipment. I have over 30 toothbrushes at home and always keep a good supply at the studio.
Peter Cushing
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The first time my mom and I went to the studio for a costume fitting, I saw a Ferengi. I saw a Klingon. I saw all these other aliens, and I would stop and say to the actors, `Can I look at your makeup for a second? This is so cool!.
Scarlett Pomers
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I don`t think he was that great. He was good, but there was Brando, and there was founding member Steven Hill in the Actor`s Studio, those were the two guys. James Dean came in third. Dean was talented, obviously. But he died at a good time. [On James Dea...
Robert Duvall
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First I played ingénues and western heroines; then I played western heroines and ingénues. That diet of roles became as monotonous as a diet of spinach. The studio wouldn`t trust me with any other kind of role, because I had no experience in any other kin...
Jean Arthur
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Almost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor`s Studio.
Paul Newman
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[MGM] had us working days and nights on end. They`d give us pep-up pills to keep us on our feet long after we were exhausted. Then they`d take us to the studio hospital and knock us cold with sleeping pills... Then after four hours they`d wake us up and g...
Judy Garland
Keywords: after :: and :: cold :: days :: end :: exhausted :: feet :: four :: give :: had :: hospital :: hours :: keep :: knock :: long :: mgm :: nights :: on :: our :: pep :: pills :: sleeping :: studio :: take :: the :: then :: they :: to :: up :: us :: wake :: we :: were :: with :: workingSource: imdb.com
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I always wanted to be an actor, even when I was a little kid. When I used to run away from home, I`d go to movies and sit all night watching Kirk Douglas. When I was 16, I tried getting into the Actors Studio and they told me to get lost. I said `I`ll com...
Lance Henriksen
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