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Michael IronsideCo-star of "Hardwired"
One of the young production assistants (on 'Terminator: Salvation') stepped over to me and said, 'Are you any relation to the Ironside who was in ‘Top Gun’?' And I said, 'yes.' And she grinned and said, 'I knew it! Talent must run in your family!'
Andrew StockdaleWolfmother singer/guitarist
On the direction of the new album: Certain things inspire you, but then it becomes your own thing. I think the new record is a bit heavier at times and a bit lighter at the same time. There’s a real energy in it, a lot of expression.
Jonny Lee MillerCo-star of "Endgame"
I’ve played real characters before and met them and worked with them. Michael (Young), because he’s not known by the public, I felt that if I was to try and do an impression of him, it would just come across as me acting strangely.
Chiwetel EjioforCo-star of "Endgame"
I got the script (for "Endgame") through my English agents. They have incredible taste, I think, and they were very, very excited about the project, which is kind of rare for them. They are quite sort of conservative with their praise of projects.
Daryl HallHall & Oates singer
When people use my music, whether it’s in a movie or if they sample it and use it that way, I find it fascinating, because once it leaves me, it enters the world, and how people use these things and what it symbolizes alters from my original intent.
Patton Oswalt, Star of "Big Fan"
Bobcat Goldthwait, Writer and Director of "World's Greatest Dad"
Raquel Alessi, Co-star of "Miss March"
Ron Perlman, Co-star of "Mutant Chronicles", "Sons of Anarchy", and "Hellboy"
Dileep Rao, Co-star of "Drag Me to Hell"
Pete Docter, Director of "Up" and "Monsters, Inc."
Ed Asner, Co-star of "Up", "Gigantic", and "Lou Grant"
Kyle Newman, Director of "Fan Boys"
Elliot Gould, Co-star of "The Caller"
Rod Lurie, Director of "Nothing but the Truth"
Rob Schneider, Director and star of "Big Stan" and "Deuce Bigelow"
David Anders, Co-star of "Heroes", "24", and "Alias"
Ed O'Neill, Star of "Modern Family"
John Noble, Co-star of "Fringe"
Amanda Crossing, Co-star of "Sanctuary"
Sam Trammell, Co-star of "True Blood"
Andrew Zimmern, Host of "Bizarre Foods" and "Bizarre World"
Pamela Adlon, Co-star of "King of the Hill" and "Califnornication"
Cast of "Mad Men", Jon Hamm, Rich Sommer, Christina Hendricks, Vincent Kartheiser
Bret Harrison and Tyler Labine, Co-stars of "Reaper"
Lisa Lackey, Co-star of "Heroes"
Ken Marino, Co-star of "Party Down" and "The State"
John Oates, Hall & Oates singer
Corey Glover, Living Colour singer
Paul Meany, Mutemath singer
Marshall Crenshaw, Singer/Songwriter
Pete Yorn, Singer/Songwriter
John Leckie, Record Producer for The Stone Roses and Radiohead
Dee Snider, Twisted Sister singer
Moby, Singer/Songwriter
Duff McKagan, Loaded, Guns 'n Roses, and Velvet Revolver bassist
Chris Cornell, Singer/songwriter, Soundgarden singer
Joe Frazier, Former Boxer and Co-star of "Thrilla in Manila"
Peter Nygård, Entrepreneur, Fashion Mogul
Kyle Baker, Cartoonist, Comic Book Writer, and Artist
Bill Kinison, Brother of the late Sam Kinison
Amy Weber, Model, Author, Actress, Producer, Singer, Wrestler
Chris Lemmon, author of "A Twist of Lemmon: A Tribute to My Father"
Ben Karlin, author of "Things I've Learned from Women Who've Dumped Me"
Curly Neal, Harlem Globetrotters legend
Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski, UFC fighter