Go ahead quote me

Will Smith.
Dominic West.
Cillian Murphy.

We were completely blown away. For my entire life, I've been chasing, trying to give that feeling to fans. There was nothing that I had experienced in my life that matched that point of ecstasy. I had sex a few years later. It was close, but no Star Wars.

ACTOR WILL SMITH on the first time he saw the iconic 1977 sci-fi film, when he was 10


It does and anyone who says it doesn't is lying.

ACTOR DOMINIC WEST, 47, on feeling hurt when he is cast as an older man rather than the leading man


It's about self-respect as an actor. If at any time it feels like a safe place, then you're not making great work.

ACTOR CILLIAN MURPHY

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 25, 2017, with the headline Go ahead quote me. Subscribe