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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 19, 2003
I have no idea which 12 lines they were. Sorry.
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EncyBass-: Not going to be around much next week, cos I've got a new job... Posted Jun 19, 2003
Aaargh.
I've just remembered the scene in The 6th Day where Arnie is talking to his clone.
"I vud not hav tort of dat"
"Yes you vud- youar me!"
"Ho-ho-ho"
"Ha-ha-ha"
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Element9inety2wo Posted Jun 19, 2003
A six figure sum for 12 lines?? Hmm I think I've finally found my vocation! 
I think most egomaniacal actors have that clause & it doesn't necessarily hinder their films, you just need a director who knows what he's doing. But surely the worst line (in both content & delivery) is when Arnie tells a frisky Sharon Stone, "Ohoh, you ah soo kinkee."
I thought Sly was quite good in Antz but any mention of his name makes me seethe at the memory of Rocky winning Best Picture while Taxi Driver didn't. 
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HarpoNotMarx (((2*1)^6)-6-(2*8)=42 Posted Jun 20, 2003
Reading back over the thread, I think there's a big element here of the 'Eye of the beholder'. Inevitably, people are entertained by different things. Personally, I can't conceive of being entertained by the soaps that we are fed ad nauseam 
, but judging by the viewing figure millions are. Ya pays ya money......
In the right mood, often lubricated by a bottle of wine and the company, you're in, I defy anybody not to enjoy a little bit of what others define as complete tosh [Antoine de Caunes, Graham Norton and the cast of Friend$ have been kept in style by this bizarre phenomenon for years]
As long as it's not illegal, I say live and let live!
Harpo 
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Hedrigall Posted Jun 20, 2003
"A six figure sum for 12 lines?? Hmm I think I've finally found my vocation!"
While the money is good in Hollywood, conditions for a writer are apparently really bad. Peter Morwood described the experience roughly as follows:
The put a sensitive part of your anatomy in a vise, and then start handing you hundred dollar bills while turning the handle until you shout "STOP"! 
Hed
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