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I believe you have a responsibility to comport yourself in a manner that gives an example to others. As a young man, I prayed for success. Now I pray just to be worthy of it.

- Brendan Fraser

Believe, Young, Prayed, Worthy

Graham Greene, as I understand it, was quite outspoken in his criticism of American foreign policy.

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American, Understand, Graham, Outspoken

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

- Brendan Fraser

Think, Through, Greek, Redemption

Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

- Brendan Fraser

Own, Treated, Very, Popular Culture

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

- Brendan Fraser

Myself, Friends, By The Time, Starting

I still don't understand the music industry that much. Everything I learned was from hanging out with rock musicians in studios. I certainly have respect for those who make music their livelihood.

- Brendan Fraser

Still, Studios, Certainly, Rock Musicians

George of the Jungle is a cartoon. He's a guy who swings around on a vine all day. Are you not buying that?

- Brendan Fraser

Guy, Cartoon, Around, Jungle

I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways.

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Independent, Movie, Like, Steroids

I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me.

- Brendan Fraser

Been, Go Home, Still, I Wonder

I've been grateful enough, smart enough to take the work with Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters.

- Brendan Fraser

Grateful, Been, Take, None

Ian McKellen is brilliant with research. I paid really close attention to the sources he goes to. He's a very, very intelligent man.

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Brilliant, Very, Sources, None

I was molded, spent my time underneath a lot of goo. And then the bits and pieces were sculpted. It took probably 10 days to create each character after all those camera tests.

- Brendan Fraser

Character, Pieces, Lot, Underneath

The test audience holds a great deal of power in the process of filmmaking in the United States.

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Audience, United States, Great Deal

Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.

- Brendan Fraser

Chaos, World Peace, I Wish, Balancing

Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure.

- Brendan Fraser

Wheel, Maybe, Sure, Invented

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

- Brendan Fraser

Think, I Think, Works, Wishing

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place.

- Brendan Fraser

I Think, Telling, Reasons, Missing

I have so much satisfaction in my life. I have a beautiful wife and the great stimulation of an interesting career. I'm the most happy fellow that I know.

- Brendan Fraser

Wife, My Life, Career, Beautiful Wife

What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet?

- Brendan Fraser

Audience, Romeo, Juliet, What If

I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there.

- Brendan Fraser

Work, Chance, Wanted, Sydney

I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash.

- Brendan Fraser

I Wish, Very, Family History, Documented

I think you have to show homage to creators.

- Brendan Fraser

Think, Creators, I Think, Homage

They had a hard time miking me in my loin cloth, I mean, where were they gonna tape it?

- Brendan Fraser

Mean, Had, Gonna, Tape

I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.

- Brendan Fraser

Working, Rights, Glad, Bugs

I recently watched Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies, and it wasn't a favorite film. Then I saw the one that was made in 1990, which in my opinion didn't match up to the original.

- Brendan Fraser

Flies, Brook, Which, Peter

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.

- Brendan Fraser

World, Circumstances, Happen, Horrible Things

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately.

- Brendan Fraser

Rewarding, Pat, Practical, Suppose

When you throw punches at actors, you stop, you pull it, and it looks like you pulled it. When you throw punches at cartoon characters, they are not there, so you can swing through. It looks like you really decked them.

- Brendan Fraser

Through, Like, Punches, Throw

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

- Brendan Fraser

Desire, Act, Stories, Groups

As sophisticated as the technology gets, the less sophisticated you have to become as an actor.

- Brendan Fraser

Technology, Actor, Less, Sophisticated

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