Poll: Dream Interview

Results of 4,640 votes:

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   Robin Williams

    

   His continuous comedies and wild comic talents involved a great deal of improvisation, following in the footsteps of his idol Jonathan Winters. Known for Good Will Hunting (1997), Dead Poets Society (…
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   Leonardo DiCaprio

    

   Actor with a diverse career, known for Inception (2010), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Titanic (1997) and The Departed (2006).
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   Stanley Kubrick

    

   American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and photographer. Part of the New Hollywood film-making wave, Kubrick's films are considered by film historian Michel Ciment to …
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   Steven Spielberg

    

   One of the most influential film personalities in the history of film, best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Has countless big-grossing, critically acclaimed credits t…
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   Albert Einstein

    

   German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). His work is also known for its influence on th…
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   Christopher Nolan

    

   British-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He has created several of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful films of the early 21st century. Known for The Dark Knig…
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   Walt Disney

    

   Pioneer in animation, founder of the Disney Studios, creator of Disneyland and Disney World. Produced first full length animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
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   Martin Scorsese

    

   Actor, writer, director and producer, he is best known for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Shutter Island (2010), Goodfellas (1990) and The Departed (2006).
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   William Shakespeare

    

   English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bar…
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    Marlon Brando

     

    Widely considered one of the greatest movie actor of all time. Known for The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), Superman (1978) and On the Waterfront (1954).
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    Alfred Hitchcock

     

    English film director and producer. Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense", he pioneered many elements of the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Known for Psycho (1960), Vertigo (…
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    George Lucas

     

    Writer and producer, founder of Lucas Lucasfilm Ltd. and ILM (Industrial Light and Magic). Known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and their sequ…
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    Harrison Ford

     

    American actor and film producer. He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film serie…
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    Homer

     

    Best known as the author of The Iliad and The Odyssey (1997). He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets.
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    Oscar Wilde

     

    Irish author, playwright and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his …
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    J. Michael Straczynski

     

    American writer and producer. He works in films, television series, novels, short stories, comic books, radio dramas and other media. Straczynski is a playwright, former journalist, and author of The …
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    David Attenborough

     

    English broadcaster and naturalist. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey o…
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    Ingmar Bergman

     

    Was a Swedish director, writer and producer who worked in film, television, and theatre. He is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential auteurs of all time and is most famous for fil…
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    Groucho Marx

     

    The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers. Known for Duck Soup (1933), A Night at the Opera (1935), Animal Cracker…
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    Philip K. Dick

     

    American novelist, short story writer, essayist and philosopher whose published works mainly belong to the genre of science fiction. Dick explored philosophical, sociological, political and metaphysic…
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    Ronald Reagan

     

    Film star and 40th President of the United States. Known for Kings Row (1942), Knute Rockne All American (1940) and Bedtime for Bonzo (1951).
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    Bruce Willis

     

    Actor and musician he is well known for playing wisecracking or hard-edged characters, often in spectacular action films. Known for The Sixth Sense (1999), Die Hard (1988), The Fifth Element (1997) an…
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    Woody Allen

     

    American actor, writer, director, comedian and playwright, whose career spans more than 50 years. As a comedian, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish, which he mainta…
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    Marquis de Sade

     

    French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues and political tracts.
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    Stan Laurel

     

    and Oliver Hardy - Laurel and Hardy were a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. The team was composed of thin Englishman, Stan Laurel and heavyset American, O…
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    James Cagney

     

    American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film, though he had his greatest impact in film. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, h…
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    Patti Smith

     

    She is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk p…
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    Dick Van Dyke

     

    American actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer with a career spanning almost seven decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke and father of Barry Van Dyke. Known for The Dick V…
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    Hermann Hesse

     

    German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works explore an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. Known for Siddhartha (1972), Steppenwolf (1974) an…
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    Albert Schweitzer

     

    Saved lives by his medical work, by writing and teaching and by advocating for peace and nuclear control. As the founder of a free public hospital, a writer and humanitarian, became the leading propon…
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    Tom Six

     

    Dutch filmmaker best known for his body horror films
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    Joseph Campbell

     

    American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work covers many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summ…
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    Jackie Gleason

     

    American comedian, actor, and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, exemplified by his character Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners. Known for The Jackie Gleason Show (19…
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    John Irving

     

    An American novelist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. Known for The Cider House Rules (1999), The World According to Garp (1982), Simon Birch (1998) and The Door in the Floor (2004).
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    Margaret Atwood

     

    Canadian writer and actress, known for Payback (2012), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), The Robber Bride (2007) and Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013).