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There are many books that I love dearly, and I've seen many televised or film recreations that I just haven't thought were up to scratch.


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ED HARRIS I haven't been given many things, but I've been given ample, limitless patience.
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GRETCHEN MOL I haven't had that many women - only as many as I could lay my hands on.
DUDLEY MOORE I haven't had many relationships.
ADAM LAMBERT I've done so many independents for so many years. Leads that nobody's seen.
SAM ROCKWELL I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That...
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JONATHAN BRANDIS Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
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MARY J. BLIGE I don't like vampire movies or zombie movies. I went to see 'I Am Legend' with an ex-gir...
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DIANA QUICK I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I'...
VALERIA GOLINO I learn the techniques and then take what I need. I have the Essie Davis technique of acting. I'...
ESSIE DAVIS Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But...
JOHN HUGHES My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do ...
BEYONCE KNOWLES I don't think I've got the stuff that Broadway musicals are made of. But there are definitel...
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BO JACKSON I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
HARMONY KORINE To say that I'm going to veto something that I haven't read is just - or sign something that...
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KAREN ROBARDS There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.
DAVID OGDEN STIERS Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I th...
ANDREA ARNOLD I haven't signed as many films as I'd like to because there are no good roles, as dishearten...
SAMANTHA RUTH PRABHU I haven't worked enough to worry about getting typecast, but I do as a film lover didn't wan...
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MEG CABOT I've seen too many comics who got their own shows and were undone because they worked for an exe...
CAROL LEIFER Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on a...
BARBARA WALTERS There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I hav...
IRWIN SHAW There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't...
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RAMI MALEK Politics: Poly.
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DANIEL TOSH I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. The...
TAMRON HALL I don't think I've ever seen pie advertised. That's how you know it's good. They adv...
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MAC DAVIS In the Ghetto, I'd been trying to write for years.
MAC DAVIS One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.
MAC DAVIS I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis wa...
MAC DAVIS Every performer who ever performed in rock and roll or even close to it is lying if they tell you th...
MAC DAVIS If it was just me and Elvis one on one, which only happened once or twice in the times that I did se...
MAC DAVIS A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
BETTE DAVIS In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.
BETTE DAVIS I am just too much.
BETTE DAVIS Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
BETTE DAVIS Strong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVIS I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
BETTE DAVIS If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
BETTE DAVIS There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the...
BETTE DAVIS Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a chi...
BETTE DAVIS Sex is God's joke on human beings.
BETTE DAVIS Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
BETTE DAVIS