“They're making a movie about Barack and Michelle Obama's first date, called 'Southside With You,' and the producers say they've already cast someone to play young Barack Obama. Now, I'm not saying the president has aged a lot but that young actor is Morgan Freeman.” FirstsPlayYoungActorsPresidentCastsProducersBarackFreemanYoung ActorsFirst Date Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I had a lovely experience once in Africa working with the U.N. when a president of a country met me about refugee issues and said ‘What do you do?’ I said ‘I‘m an actor.’ He replied ‘I heard that was a very difficult job and might not be the smartest job to do.’ It was lovely.” SaidCountryMightJobsActorsDifficultPresidentIssuesHeardMetsLovelyRefugee Author:Angelina Jolie
“Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This is what I do for a living.” WayActorsHousePresidentWhiteWhite HouseCantPacifist Author:Martin Sheen
“It is always amazing to see how wide a spectrum of results can be obtained from replicating an identical negotiation with different principal actors; it makes no difference whether there subjects are inexperienced or whether they are senior executives and young presidents of business firms. That is an important lesson to be learned here.” ImportantDifferentYoungActorsPresidentDifferencesResultsSubjectsLessonsWideFirmExecutivesPrincipalSeniorNegotiationSpectrumIdenticalImportant LessonsLessons To Be Learned Book:The Art and Science of Negotiation Source: The Art and Science of Negotiation
“Wanting to be on television is a mental illness. Wanting to be president of the United States, wanting to be an actor - these are degrees of the same mental illness. If you need to be approved of simultaneously by more people than are in this room now, there's a problem.” PeopleIfsNeedsStatesProblemActorsPresidentUnitedRoomsUnited StatesTelevisionDegreesIllnessMental IllnessApproved Author:Keith Olbermann
“I knew the President would run for reelection in 1984. Why not? Actors love sequels ... and returns.” RunningFunnyActorsPresidentReturnWhy NotSequelsReelectionReaganomics Author:Bob Hope
“Oh yeah, I'm the president of the lucky club. There are so many talented people who don't work. And the crop of young actors I'm surrounded by is incredible. When you have people like that around you it amps you up a little bit. Also, Emile Hirsch and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or guys like Ryan Gosling. It's a really good crowd and I feel I'm coming up at a good time. But equally, there's a lot of good young actors who don't get to work who are more talented than I. I'm just lucky.” PeopleFeelsLittlesYoungGuyActorsBitsPresidentLuckyLittle BitYeahIncrediblesCrowdsClubsGood TimesCropsYoung Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“President Bush said this Iraq situation looks like 'the rerun of a bad movie.' Well sure, there's a Bush in the White House, the economy's going to hell, we're going to war over oil. I've seen this movie, haven't I?” WellsLooksSaidWarActorsHousePresidentWhiteSituationEconomyHellHavensIraqOilMovieWhite HousePresident BushGoing To WarBad MoviesReruns Author:Jay Leno
“I suppose in our culture - in our lifetime - we've always enjoyed people who tell it straight. We like our presidents, our comedians, and our actors to do that . . . It's funny. You say that people prefer a tasteful formalism - as opposed to an oppressive formalism - but I do feel very strongly that form follows function.” PeopleFeelsFormCultureActorsPresidentFunctionLifetimeEnjoyedComedianVery Strong Author:Oliver Stone