"If I'm playing a good guy, I'll try to show that he has some bad in him. If I'm playing a bad guy, I'll give him some dignity and love."

(Nehemiah Persoff, attore; Gerusalemme, 2 agosto 1919 – San Luis Obispo, 5 aprile 2022) 

 

"Nowadays, artists get basically one shot and if you don’t do it, “Good-bye, NEXT!” Gone are the days when they really developed an artist’s career. Bands like KISS, AEROSMITH, LED ZEPPELIN, OZZY, BLACK SABBATH… ya know? Not every record was a blockbuster mega-seller. But they stuck with the artists, they kept putting out records and they were really more into that career development. Whereas now, it’s all about the bottom line." da un'intervista di David Felix del 2005.

(Carl Jeffrey "C.J." Snare, cantante e frontman della band metal FireHouse; Washington, 14 dicembre 1959 – Orlando, 5 aprile 2024) 

 "Se c'è una cosa poco comica è Pinocchio: una lettura piuttosto angosciosa, soprattutto se la fai da bambino."

(Antonello Fassari, attore; Roma, 4 ottobre 1952 – Roma, 5 aprile 2025)

 

"You could say I'm living my dream -- I watched every Peter North video I could get my hands on, and I always understood the fantasy -- of being that girl, the one that guys could pretend they were with, could pretend I was their girlfriend. I always wanted to be that girl, and now I am."

 (Angela Stone, nome d'arte di Michelle Christine Arnold, attrice in film per soli adulti e considerata "la regina dello squirting"; Minneapolis, 29 agosto 1981 – Los Angeles, 5 aprile 2019)

 

Stanisław Kowalski, atleta e supercentenario detentore del primato mondiale nei 100 metri piani, nel lancio del disco e nel lancio del peso nella categoria M105 (Rogówek, 14 aprile 1910 – Świdnica, 5 aprile 2022)

 

"Back then, you had every girl in the world wanting you, screaming and hollering and crying." alla domanda se gli fosse pesata l'etichetta di "teen idol" che gli era stata appiccicata.

 (Bobby Rydell, nome d'arte di Robert Louis Ridarelli, cantante, attore e imitatore; Filadelfia, 26 aprile 1942 – Filadelfia, 5 aprile 2022)

 

“There are some episodes that go full tilt into farce and I'm always delighted that Martin is somewhat the motor for that. I love those episodes because you get a vista into what Martin is like at his most devious.” a proposito del suo personaggio nella serie Friday Night Dinner.

 (Paul Ritter, attore e produttore cinematografico; Gravesend, 20 dicembre 1966 – Faversham, 5 aprile 2021)

 

"I hate that term. They can call other people Bond girls, but I don't like it, for the simple reason that that character would have been a good character in any film, not just a Bond film. I consider Bond girls to be those ladies who took one look at Bond and fell on their backs. Whereas Pussy Galore was quite a character."

 (Honor Blackman, attrice; Plaistow, 22 agosto 1925 – Lewes, 5 aprile 2020)

"I have played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses. If that doesn't create an ego problem, nothing does."

(Charlton Heston, nome d'arte di John Charles Carter, attore e regista; Evanston, 4 ottobre 1923 – Beverly Hills, 5 aprile 2008)

Ritratto di Gaea Pallavicini, bronzo a cera persa, 57x19x28 cm.

(Emilio Greco; Catania, 11 ottobre 1913 – Roma, 5 aprile 1995)

"Rather be dead than cool."

(Kurt Donald Cobain, cantautore; Aberdeen, 20 febbraio 1967 – Seattle, 5 aprile 1994)

Lottatore, 1894, Deutsche Bank, Berlino.

(Filippo Antonio Cifariello; Molfetta, 3 luglio 1864 – Napoli, 5 aprile 1936)

"Much of junk culture has a core of crisis — shoot-outs, conflagrations, bodies weltering in blood, naked embracers or rapist-stranglers. The sounds of junk culture are heard over a ground bass of extremism. Our entertainments swarm with specters of world crisis. Nothing moderate can have any claim to our attention." Da A Second Half Life, 1991.

(Saul Bellow, scrittore; Lachine, 10 giugno 1915 – Brookline, 5 aprile 2005)

"I'm not a paranoid deranged millionaire. Goddamit, I'm a billionaire."

(Howard Robard Hughes Jr., imprenditore, regista, aviatore; Humble, 24 dicembre 1905 – Houston, 5 aprile 1976)