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I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible.

- Claire Forlani

The word "career" scares me! It`s the sort of thing you say about dead actors, old guys. I think this festival wanted to do a retrospective on me a few years ago and I told them to fuck off. Jesus, that`s for guys that are on crutches and in wheelchairs and that you need to spoon-feed . . . Aargh! I plan to be around for at least another 20 years!

- Michael Ironside

I worked right the way through the summer, ... I had a grade-two tear of the ligament. They couldn`t reconstruct it so I had to go in a brace and let it heal itself. Then I had to work on the strength of the muscles and the hamstring to compensate for the missing ligament. I was on crutches for about three weeks and then it was about getting the movement back. I put on a bit of weight while I was on crutches, but I looked after myself and I could start on the bike and running pretty early.

- Paul Robinson

The audience went kind of wild when Bo came out on crutches, with an air cast up to his knee, ... I know Bo appreciated that because he had endured more pain that day than any day since he broke his foot. They say the third or fourth day is always the worst.

- Andy Mousalimas