"I just want real reactions. I want people to laugh from the gut, be sad from the gut, or get angry from the gut."

 (Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman, meglio noto come Andy Kaufman, attore e comico; New York, 17 gennaio 1949 – West Hollywood, 16 maggio 1984)

 

Marika Rökk, ballerina, cantante, attrice, star del cinema tedesco dell'epoca nazista. Pare però che almeno dal 1940 fosse spia per conto dei sovietici (Il Cairo, 3 novembre 1913 – Baden, 16 maggio 2004)

 

"I had been led to believe that I was being groomed for important roles and I planned progressively. Every morning at nine I appeared at the studio to attend the dramatic school, and every afternoon I posed for 'still' pictures. In this way my hopes were built up tremendously. I felt that there was a genuine interest in me willingly and promptly. Believing all this, I failed to prepare for the day when I would be let out."

 (June Lang, pseudonimo di Winifred June Vlasek, attrice; Minneapolis, 5 maggio 1917 – Valley Village, 16 maggio 2005)

 

"I was in [Black] Sabbath at the time. The gesture was a symbol that I thought was reflective of what that band was supposed to be all about. It's NOT the devil's sign like we're here with the devil. It's an Italian thing I got from my Grandmother. It's to ward off the Evil Eye or to give the Evil Eye, depending on which way you do it. It's just a symbol but it had magical incantations and attitudes to it and I felt it worked very well with Sabbath. So I became very noted for it and then everybody else started to pick up on it and away it went. But I would never say I take credit for being the first to do it."

 (Ronnie James Dio, pseudonimo di Ronald James Padavona, cantautore; Portsmouth, 10 luglio 1942 – Houston, 16 maggio 2010)

"I was never proud of my beauty, I was rather bothered by it. It was a tragedy. Every man wanted me, but no man wanted to keep me."

(Marisa Mell, pseudonimo di Marlies Moitzi, attrice; Graz, 24 febbraio 1939 – Vienna, 16 maggio 1992)

"I was in a need of money at the time, I had done about six pictures for MGM at the time and my agent called. I said, 'Yes?' and he said 'Maggie, they want you to play a part on the Wizard.' I said to myself, 'Oh Boy, The Wizard of Oz! That has been my favorite book since I was four.' And I asked him what part, and he said 'The Witch' and I said 'The Witch?!' and he said 'What else?'"

(Margaret Hamilton, attrice; Cleveland, 9 dicembre 1902 – Salisbury, 16 maggio 1985)

"Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted."

(Sammy Davis Jr.; Harlem, 8 dicembre 1925 – Beverly Hills, 16 maggio 1990)

"I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and cynical and predict doom for the world than it is to try and figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter."

(Jim Henson, pseudonimo di James Maury Henson, padre dei Muppet; Greenville, 24 settembre 1936 – New York, 16 maggio 1990)

Romolo e Remo raccolti da Faustolo, 1643, olio su tela, Museo del Louvre, Parigi.

(Pietro da Cortona, nato come Pietro Berrettini; Cortona, 1º novembre 1596 – Roma, 16 maggio 1669)

Vergine col Bambino e i santi Onofrio, Sebastiano, Giustina e Orsola, 1500 ca., Philadelphia Art Museum.

(Francesco Morone; Verona, 1471 – Verona, 16 maggio 1529)