"The girls have it easy, everything they wear in pictures is supplied by the studio--their dress, stockings, shoes, underwear, jewelry, hair, even their falsies. They could arrive at the studio naked, if they cared to. But the actor has to pay for everything himself. He even has to bring his own toupee, if he wears one."

(Robert Cummings o Bob Cummings, pseudonimo di Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings, attore; Joplin, 10 giugno 1910 – Woodland Hills, 2 dicembre 1990)

 

"Pascal, my son, taken from us at the age of fourteen months by a tragic accident. His face was round and rosy, his hair fair, hands small and plump. My child's death, when it happened, almost killed me. Now I found him again, as a smiling little boy in the magical frame of this otherworldly garden. He stumbled toward me in a rush, his little legs still not used to walking.Tears of joy streamed from my eyes and a deep, warm feeling of happiness flowed through me. (...)  I let out a final scream, opened my eyes, and knew I was still alive.... If at times I feel weak or depressed, I think back on the kingdom of the dead. I shut my eyes, and the luminous life that was revealed to me comes back as an unforgettable reality." a proposito dell'infarto che ebbe nel 1971 e che gli fece credere di aver visto il paradiso.

(Daniel Gélin, all'anagrafe Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin, attore e poeta; Angers, 19 maggio 1921 – Parigi, 29 novembre 2002)

 

“I am a gadget freak and I would have loved to have had a real gas gun and sting gun, but they weren't for real.” a proposito del suo personaggio nella serie tv Il calabrone verde del 1966-67.

(Van Williams, nome completo Van Zandt Jarvis Williams, attore; Fort Worth, 27 febbraio 1934 – Scottsdale, 28 novembre 2016) 

 

"There are four stages to marriage. First there's the affair, then there's the marriage, then children, and finally the fourth stage, without which you cannot know a woman, the divorce."

(Norman Kingsley Mailer, pseudonimo di Nachem Malech Mailer, scrittore, giornalista e commediografo; Long Branch, 31 gennaio 1923 – New York, 10 novembre 2007)

Phyllis Calvert, pseudonimo di Phyllis Hannah Bickle, attrice di grande successo in Gran Bretagna tra gli anni '40 e '50 (Chelsea, 18 febbraio 1915 – Londra, 8 ottobre 2002)

 

"Artists are not political leaders. The only power they have is to draw people into the theater."

(Haydée Mercedes Sosa, cantante e attivista per i diritti civili contro la dittatura in Argentina; San Miguel de Tucumán, 9 luglio 1935 – Buenos Aires, 4 ottobre 2009)

 

" I decided I wanted to be a go go dancer. I saw one downtown El Paso, Texas and I was hooked. I peeked in the door of the bar. I also did that in Juarez, Chiguagua, Mexico where I was born...I go with my friends like at 10 years old and peek in the strip joints and then take off running...and I thought the women were beautiful and independent and wow weee."

(Francesca Isabel Natividad, soprannominata Kitten, ballerina e attrice; Ciudad Juárez, 13 febbraio 1948 – Los Angeles, 24 settembre 2022)

 

"If dance wasn't in my life, it wouldn't be worth living."

(Paul Taylor, nome completo Paul Belville Taylor, ballerino, coreografo, produttore teatrale; Wilkinsburg, 29 luglio 1930 – Manhattan, 29 agosto 2018)

 

"My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week."

 (Julia Child, nata Julia Carolyn McWilliams, cuoca, scrittrice e personaggio televisivo; Pasadena, 15 agosto 1912 – Santa Barbara, 13 agosto 2004)

 

"I'm just a singer. If I like a song it doesn't matter to me where it comes from -- I can do it my way."

 (Esther Phillips, alla nascita Esther Mae Jones, cantante; Galveston, 23 dicembre 1935 – Carson, 7 agosto 1984)

 

"Non ho mai pensato all'auto come a un mezzo per conseguire un fine, invece ho sempre pensato di essere parte dell'auto, così come la biella e il pistone."

 (Juan Manuel Fangio, che utilizzò in gioventù lo pseudonimo Rivadavia, pilota automobilistico e campione del mondo di Formula 1 negli anni '50; Balcarce, 24 giugno 1911 – Buenos Aires, 17 luglio 1995)

 

"I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face'."

 (Eric Sykes, attore, sceneggiatore e regista; Oldham, 4 maggio 1923 – Esher, 4 luglio 2012)

 

"I had been inspired by an organ player named Earl Grant, who played organ and piano together. My mom took me to see him. So I went home, put my piano and organ together, too."

 (William Everett "Billy" Preston, cantante e polistrumentista; Houston, 2 settembre 1946 – Scottsdale, 6 giugno 2006)

"Quando ce la fai sono tutti con te, quando perdi li hai tutti contro. In mezzo non c'è niente."

 (Andreas Nikolaus Lauda, detto Niki, pilota automobilistico e imprenditore; Vienna, 22 febbraio 1949 – Zurigo, 20 maggio 2019)

 

"Firing me because I’m transgender was discrimination, plain and simple, and I am glad the court recognized that what happened to me is wrong and illegal. I am thankful that the court said my transgender siblings and I have a place in our laws – it made me feel safer and more included in society." 

(Aimee Stephens, nata Anthony Stephens, funzionaria statunitense nota per la sua lotta per i diritti delle persone trans; Fayetteville, 7 dicembre 1960 – Redford, 12 maggio 2020)

 

"Every character actor, in their own little sphere, is the lead."

 (Robert William "Dabbs" Greer, attore caratterista; Fairview, 2 aprile 1917 – Pasadena, 28 aprile 2007)

 

"He wasn't afraid of anything, particularly if there was a challenge to it." a proposito del marito Erroll Flynn.

 (Nora Eddington, attrice; Chicago, 25 febbraio 1924 – Los Angeles, 10 aprile 2001)

 

"Some people say funny things - but I say things funny."

 (Donald Jay "Don" Rickles, attore, cabarettista e comico; New York, 8 maggio 1926 – Beverly Hills, 6 aprile 2017)

 

“When I wake up, in the morning, gets me out of bed/Keeps me running, skipping, jumping like a little kid.” da Unspeakable Joy, 1998.

(Kim English, cantante e musicista; Chicago, 6 settembre 1970 – Chicago, 2 aprile 2019)

"I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything."

(Noriyuki Morita, noto come Pat Morita, attore e doppiatore; Isleton, 28 giugno 1932 – Las Vegas, 24 novembre 2005)