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Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really ha

Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there. – Penn Jillette

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Im a hardcore libertarian – I want everything legal – but I also believe that you have the right to free association. – Penn Jillette

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But its much more exciting to make Die Hard. One of the reasons that I think that movie is so successful is it deals with those very important blue-collar relationship themes. But its more visually beautiful to show things blowing up. It just gives you more on the screen. – Penn Jillette

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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And Im way, way too old now, mate. That boats sailed. – Ian Hart

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Im officially near-famous. If youve got four year old kids and youve got cable, then youve got no choice but to know who I am. But if youre one of my peers – a 26-year old guy who lives in Manhattan – you have no idea who I am. Im only famous if youre four. – Steve Burns

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Its funny – nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they dont have the money to hide from it. – Matt LeBlanc

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In Australia, there is a very famous show called Home and Away. I was cast on that at 15. The day I started filming, my life changed. – Tammin Sursok

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