"At the time I became involved in Space: 1999, I had been on the dole so long that they told me I had to come off the dole until I got another job. I was thinking of going into an organisation that organised international conferences because I thought that if I couldn't be an actor At least I'd get to travel the world and meet some people. Then I got a phone call out of the blue from Gerry Anderson who said, "Have you seen Space: 1999?" Well, I had seen one episode of it and, to be perfectly honest, I had thought that it was a load of rubbish. I said, "No, I don't think I have. Why? and he said, "Well, we did a year of it and it was sort of shelved and we think we're going again with the second year. Freddie Freiberger is coming over to give it a slightly new feel and Abe Mandell wants you in it. Would you be interested?" da un'intervista dell'83.
(Anthony "Tony" Anholt, attore; Singapore, 19 gennaio 1941 – Londra, 26 luglio 2002)
"Abbiamo perso il futuro. Gli scenari della "fine del mondo" cambiano, ma la perdita del futuro è dentro di noi e noi ne siamo i portatori, anche se non condividiamo le ragioni di chi immagina un avvenire di catastrofi e magari non le conosciamo nemmeno. Viviamo in un mondo che fa sempre più fatica a guardare oltre il proprio presente: perfino in quelle attività umane, come la letteratura e le arti, di cui in passato si pensava che dovessero tendere al sublime, cioè a qualcosa di eterno." da Il futuro fa paura? Utopie e antiutopie della fantascienza.
(Sebastiano Vassalli, scrittore; Genova, 25 ottobre 1941 – Casale Monferrato, 26 luglio 2015)
"Basically, I'm just a guitar player that figured out I wasn't ever gonna be able to buy dinner with my guitar playing. So I got into songwriting, which is a little more profitable business."
(John Weldon Cale, detto J.J., chitarrista e cantautore; Oklahoma City, 5 dicembre 1938 – La Jolla, 26 luglio 2013)
"They don't know we're very much a part of this country and that we make up every part of this country. When I go in there and speak perfect English, I don't get the part." a proposito degli stereotipi di cui sono vittime gli attori statunitensi di origine ispanica.
(Lupe Ontiveros, all'anagrafe Guadalupe Moreno, coniugata Ontiveros, attrice; El Paso, 17 settembre 1942 – Whittier, 26 luglio 2012)
"Playing good girls in the '30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress."
(Olivia Mary de Havilland, attrice vincitrice di due premi Oscar; Tokyo, 1º luglio 1916 – Parigi, 26 luglio 2020)
"When Metal Church broke up it was a very sad thing. I loved being in Metal Church and I felt that was my identity. I left primarily because of the business of music and how difficult it was navigating management, record companies and outside forces that were ruining the band and my love of music. When I quit Metal Church and went off the road, I felt damaged about music in general that I loved. I felt hurt and angry about it all."
(Mike Howe, cantante famoso per esser stato parte della band Metal Church; Taylor, 21 agosto 1965 – Eureka, 26 luglio 2021)
