"Conspiring with children against adults." quando gli chiesero quale era il segreto del suo successo come autore di libri per bambini.

(Roald Dahl, scrittore, sceneggiatore e aviatore; Llandaff, 13 settembre 1916 – Oxford, 23 novembre 1990)

 

"I choose films with the shortest schedule and the most money. Making movies is better than cleaning toilets. I sell myself, for the highest price. Exactly like a prostitute. There is no difference."

(Klaus Kinski, pseudonimo di Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski, attore e regista; Sopot, 18 ottobre 1926 – Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, 23 novembre 1991)

 

Senza titolo, 1971, terre colorate su tela.

(Roberto Matta, nome completo Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren; Santiago del Cile, 11 novembre 1911 – Civitavecchia, 23 novembre 2002)

 

Constance Cummings, pseudonimo di Constance Halverstadt, attrice di successo negli anni '30 e '40 (Seattle, 15 maggio 1910 – Oxfordshire, 23 novembre 2005)

 

"It was quite an experience because she is a fabulous actress, because she knows absolutely everything about movies, about what an actor can do on the screen. It's a real challenge to have someone like that in front of you. But she is quite hard to work with because she wants to be at the head of everything, and you have to remain very alert because otherwise she can eat you. Alas, it makes things difficult. You have to stay a bit out of her reach because otherwise she might just manage to devour you." a proposito della collega Simone Signoret.

(Philippe Noiret, attore; Lilla, 1º ottobre 1930 – Parigi, 23 novembre 2006)

 

"Every day I remind myself of all that I have been given... With singing, you never know when you are going to lose the voice, and that makes you appreciate the time that you have when you are still singing well. I am always thanking God for another season, another month, another performance."

(Anita O'Day, nome completo Anita Belle Colton O'Day, cantante jazz; Chicago, 18 ottobre 1919 – Los Angeles, 23 novembre 2006)

 

"Everybody knows a J.R. They have a boss, an uncle, a daddy, a florist who is just like him. And not just in America either. J.R. is all over the world, set aside from others in that he has been trained to succeed at any cost."

(Larry Martin Hagman, attore; Fort Worth, 21 settembre 1931 – Dallas, 23 novembre 2012)

"I shoot a lot of stuff. I think that's probably come from not having gone to film school. Things work themselves out. You've lost the showmanship thing, the fairground barker, come-see-what's-inside aspect of filmmaking when you try to plan everything for the audience."

(Nicolas Roeg, regista e direttore della fotografia; Londra, 15 agosto 1928 – Londra, 23 novembre 2018)

Ritratto di giovane uomo, 1550-'55, olio su tavola, 75x57,5 cm., National Gallery, Londra.

(Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano, conosciuto come il Bronzino; Monticelli di Firenze, 17 novembre 1503 – Firenze, 23 novembre 1572)

"Without security, it is difficult for a woman to look or feel beautiful."

(Merle Oberon, nome d'arte di Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson, precedentemente nota con lo pseudonimo di Queenie O'Brien, attrice; Bombay, 19 febbraio 1911 – Malibù, 23 novembre 1979)