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		I have always been good at auditioning, but maybe because I had a good trick at the beginning. I would pretend that my agent gave me the wrong scene or lines. They would take pity on me and hand me the right scene. I would act like I had never seen this before - and then do pretty well considering I had already rehearsed it.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Marsden 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Worthington 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Canfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The only really conscious decision I made was to cast my net wide and if the work was good, to do it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Laura Linney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Generally, you want to raise capital either when you have to or when it's really easy. If the company desperately needs money, and they can't figure out any other way, then they need to raise money. Or if someone's offering you easy money on good terms, you should take it because you can use it for good things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Sam Altman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		DeNiro did a good job playing a catcher in 'Bang the Drum Slowly,' but he's great in everything he does. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D. B. Sweeney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		My mom was always keen I stayed in school and got good grades, and she was always keen for me to do medicine. I used to go to drama classes when I was younger, and she would always take me. But when I got to an age when I decided it was what I wanted to do, when she accepted it, she had actually been the most supportive person ever. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Iain De Caestecker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn't have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you'll never hear one complaint from her. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Odette Annable 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Larry Hagman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. F. Schumacher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		L.A. is a very strange place. On the surface, it has an innocent appearance, like the stranger with the pleasant face that smiles and shakes your hand. But then you learn it is actually a lot less nice than you think, and there's a whole deeper, darker level. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zach Galligan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I've always had a 40-year-old body, and now that I'm actually there I'm like, 'Hey, pretty good, huh?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Felicity Huffman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I was pretty young, but because of that first record, 'Cole Espanol,' we took our first trip - well, my first trip - to Mexico. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Cole 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can't get dressed without good hair. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Zoe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Omar Epps 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lao Tzu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have had the most wonderful time on 'EastEnders' and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I'll be at home watching you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Windsor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabriel Byrne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The one thing I know is, if I play good ball, things have tended to come along with it. Everything that I've ever done in my career has come off of playing good football. And so I realize I need to go out there, and I need to take care of my business; then everything else - all these cool, great things - come along with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				J. J. Watt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was wonderful playing a young queen with so much power. I think it will be good for young women to see a strong woman of action who is also smart and a leader. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Portman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alexander McQueen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think I enjoy working obviously as a lead, but also you know I feel I'm also a character actor as well, so I enjoy approaching various projects in all sort of capacities. Any film I have been able to do I feel very fortunate to have been a part of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Chiwetel Ejiofor 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Time has a funny way of airbrushing relationships, removing all the things that were wrong so when you look back it looks much better than it really was. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Alexandra Potter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have always been good at auditioning, but maybe because I had a good trick at the beginning. I would pretend that my agent gave me the wrong scene or lines. They would take pity on me and hand me the right scene. I would act like I had never seen this before - and then do pretty well considering I had already rehearsed it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				James Marsden