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** [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Made funnier]] by the fact that they did, indeed eventually get Keith Richards to play his dad.

* [[Matt Damon]], on why he took the role in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'':

* Part of [[Robert Downey, Jr.|Robert Downey Jr.'s]] reason for taking the role of ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' was being a fan of the comics as a kid. He also once watched ''[[The Matrix]]'' with his wife (who is also a Hollywood producer) and simply said, "I could do that." And thus set the plan in motion to have him headline a blockbuster action film once he proved he could be reliable and his old habits were behind him for good.

** [[Jeff Bridges]], too. Not only was he a fan of the comics, he also wanted an excuse to shave his head bald.

* [[Ron Perlman]] lobbied for the lead role in ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]'' because he would get to play the romantic lead in a ''[[Beauty and the Beast (TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' story again. Plus he would get to kiss a woman half his age.

* Basil Rathbone, on playing [[Sherlock Holmes]] in 1939's ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'':

* This is why James Woods agreed to play Hades in ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' and all of its various spinoffs. He's gone on record as it being the one role he would agree to play again anytime, anywhere.

* [[David Tennant]] went into acting specifically because he wanted to play the Doctor on ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Apparently, several Doctors [[Long Runners|have said this]].<ref> Tenth Doctor David Tennant was inspired by Fifth Doctor [[Peter Davison]] who was inspired by Second Doctor [[Patrick Troughton]].</ref>

** [[Bill Nighy]] likewise signed on as Rufus Scrimgeor (despite the role amounting to only about ten minutes of screentime) because he didn't want to be the only actor in Britain who hadn't been in a ''Harry Potter'' movie.

** Ralph Fiennes on taking the role of Lord Voldemort:

* When an interviewer asked [[William H Macy|William H. Macy]] why he accepted a role in ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic Park III]]'', he replied "Because I'm 50 years old and I [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|get to fight a dinosaur]]."

* Amusingly inverted by [[David Bowie]], who chose not to play a [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] villain (Zorin in ''[[A View to a Kill]]'') because, besides hating the script, "I didn't want to spend five months watching my stunt double fall off cliffs." [[Christopher Walken]] ended up doing the part, and had a hell of a time.

* ''Everyone'' involved in [[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]] got involved because of this, and it shows. Every single frame of the film is slathered in overwhelming joy and love for the silly 60's anime series.

* [[Michael Caine]] on why he accepted a role in the sequel to ''Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D'':

* [[Edward Norton]] appeared in ''The Score'' despite not particularly liking the script because it was likely the only chance he'd ever have to work with both Marlon Brando and Robert de Niro. As it turned out, it was Brando's final onscreen role.

* [[Vin Diesel]] took a voluntary pay cut to jump start the production of of [[The Chronicles of Riddick]] 2 with an R rating and avoid [[Executive Meddling]].