"A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood." da Maurice, 1971.

 (Edward Morgan Forster, scrittore; Londra, 1º gennaio 1879 – Coventry, 7 giugno 1970)

 

"You can't make a picture without a villain . . . it pays well and you last."

 (Dan Duryea, attore; White Plains, 23 gennaio 1907 – Hollywood, 7 giugno 1968)

 

 "Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give;
Gas smells awful; You might as well live."

(Dorothy Parker, nata Dorothy Rothschild, scrittrice, poetessa e giornalista; Long Branch, 22 agosto 1893 – New York, 7 giugno 1967)

"All her life she would associate liquor with her childhood. When she was alone and did not wish to be, a drink would reassure her as the smell of dinner cooking or the sound of a hose spraying a summer lawn would another." da Chocolates for Breakfast (Cioccolata a colazione), 1956.

 (Pamela Moore, scrittrice; New York, 22 settembre 1937 – New York, 7 giugno 1964)

 

"I was what they called a feature player, never a star. They say I was in 500 films, everything but the newsreels."

 (ZaSu Pitts, nome d'arte di Eliza Susan Pitts, attrice; Parsons, 3 gennaio 1894 – Hollywood, 7 giugno 1963)

 

"If Charles Chaplin carried within him many contradictions, was tender-hearted, cruel, sensitive, child-like, a poseur, all these qualities were part of his creative spirit." a proposito dell'amore della sua vita.

(Georgia Hale, attrice del cinema muto ricordata per La febbre dell'oro; St. Joseph, 24 giugno 1905 – Hollywood, 7 giugno 1985)

 

 

"The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love."

 (Henry Miller, scrittore, saggista, pittore e reporter di viaggi; New York, 26 dicembre 1891 – Los Angeles, 7 giugno 1980)

"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done."

(Alan Mathison Turing, matematico, logico, crittografo e filosofo; Londra, 23 giugno 1912 – Manchester, 7 giugno 1954)

"You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment."

(Judy Holliday, pseudonimo di Judith Tuvim, attrice; New York, 21 giugno 1921 – New York, 7 giugno 1965)

"Men like me because I don't wear a brassiere. Women like me because I don't look like a girl who would steal a husband. At least not for long."

(Jean Harlow, pseudonimo di Harlean Carpenter, star del cinema; Kansas City, 3 marzo 1911 – Los Angeles, 7 giugno 1937)

"Stanco di curare gente che non guariva, mi sono dato al cinema." Da I miei mostri, 2004.

(Dino Risi, regista e sceneggiatore con laurea in Medicina; Milano, 23 dicembre 1916 – Roma, 7 giugno 2008)

Il Quai de la Villette a Parigi, 1882, olio su tela, Museo di Belle Arti, Lille.

(Henri Gervex; Parigi, 10 dicembre 1852 – Parigi, 7 giugno 1929)

Cole Tucker, pseudonimo di Richard Allen Karp, star del cinema per soli adulti di genere gay (New York, 23 ottobre 1953 – Palm Springs, 7 giugno 2015)

"If you're playing a heroic character, it's very hard not to make him a total bore. But, with a villainous character, there are many, many levels in which you can present him. He can be amusing. He can be lonely. He can be mad, childish, naive, futuristic. You can't play heroes like that. It's impossible. You just can't imbue them with all those characteristics. But, when you toy with the dark side of the soul, imagination comes into the forefront. You can enjoy it more and, hence, communicate that joy to the audience."

(Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, conosciuto semplicemente come Christopher Lee, attore e cantante; Londra, 27 maggio 1922 – Londra, 7 giugno 2015)