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And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.


Scott Speedman
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I don't suppose I'll ever retire completely.


Martin Fleischmann
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I adore the game of golf. I won't ever retire.


Lee Trevino
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Some other things I don't miss: the media and the pressure of just being asked to do, and being asked questions every day.
Pedro Martinez
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I've always been terrified about being bored. I always think being bored is the worst thing. The only strategic decision I ever made as an actor was to try and make each job as different as possible.
Alfred Molina
Barack wants to stop all children from working on the farm... Can you imagine this? I just, I can't fathom that. Did you ever think we'd grow up in America and see something like that? Let me take it one step further. He wants to disallow the 4-H from training children to work on a farm.
John Raese
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I learned so much about being an actor by being a director. More than I ever thought I would.


Chris Lowell
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I try to work on all aspects of my game, whether it be run, pass. I think you can never stop growing, and I definitely take that mindset. You've just got to keep on grinding.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
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Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road.
Peggy Lee
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I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.
Chris Brown
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I remember thinking, 'I'll audition just once and if it doesn't work out I'll never think about it ever again.'
Jared Harris
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When I was 18 I went to college for two years and didn't work for a year which was essential for me, because my identity had been so influenced by my being an actor and I think I just needed to discover what it was to be myself, divorced from all that responsibility.
Claire Danes
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I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream.
Jane Birkin
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I'll never retire. I'm just using up somebody else's oxygen if I retire.


Sam Phillips
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I think I may not be able to retire.


Tadashi Yanai
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I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!
James Taylor
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I enjoy being active, but I look forward to the day when I can retire to the Internet.


Daniel Kahneman
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Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?


Steven Wright
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I think leadership is more than just being able to cross the t's and dot the i's. It's about character and integrity and work ethic.
Steve Largent
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God knows when I'm going to retire. I think I'm going to be bored.


Mark Roberts
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