"I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real."

(Daveigh Elizabeth Chase, nata Daveigh Elizabeth Schwallier, attrice e doppiatrice, famosa per il ruolo di Samara Morgan nel film di culto The Ring; Las Vegas, 24 luglio 1990 – Los Angeles, 16 giugno 2026)  

 

"Once people started seeing the vile and crazy shit I started doing in the early to mid '90s, many were shocked and disgusted, and predicted my imminent incarceration and future incineration in hell. When that didn't happen, and my videos became best sellers, they changed their tune and started their feeble attempts at trying to copy my moves."

(Max Hardcore, pseudonimo di Paul F. Little, attore, regista e produttore di film pornografici; Racine, 10 agosto 1956 – Los Angeles, 27 marzo 2023)

Lupo Agnello, 1990.

 

"La mia arma è la fotografia, non a caso in inglese si dice "to shoot", che significa anche sparare, per fotografare." da un'intervista di Cristina Nadotti del 2018 per repubblica.it

(Oliviero Toscani, fotografo; Milano, 28 febbraio 1942 – Cecina, 13 gennaio 2025)

 

Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit, 1898, olio su tela, 55×65 cm, National Gallery, Londra.

(Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro; Charlotte Amalie, 10 luglio 1830 – Parigi, 13 novembre 1903)

 

"I'd only seen one of Ruben's films before auditioning for him: I randomly picked The Square (2017) and saw it at the Angelika in New York. I usually mix popcorn and chocolate as a movie treat but I didn't touch it because I didn't want to miss out on such a unique, intriguing and brilliant film. By the end, I was so buzzing I felt like I could run a marathon."

(Charlbi Dean Kriek, modella e attrice; Città del Capo, 5 febbraio 1990 – New York, 29 agosto 2022)

 

"It took a long time for me to have any impact in the business because I didn't look like an actor, I didn't sound like an actor."

 (Brian Dennehy, attore e regista; Bridgeport, 9 luglio 1938 – New Haven, 15 aprile 2020)

 

"What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self-deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesn't matter if you're a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting."

 (Larry King, pseudonimo di Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, giornalista e conduttore televisivo e radiofonico; New York, 19 novembre 1933 – Los Angeles, 23 gennaio 2021)

 "Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back. It took me 14 years to get where I am. I'm going to hang in there."

(Tanya Roberts, pseudonimo di Victoria Leigh Blum, attrice e modella; New York, 15 ottobre 1955 – Los Angeles, 4 gennaio 2021)

 

"I hope to do a different character some day. I'm tired of this one, kind of. If there is a sequel, a 'Poltergeist IV,' I hope it's the last."
(Heather Michele O'Rourke; San Diego, 27 dicembre 1975 – San Diego, 1º febbraio 1988)

"What people cannot realize is that a ballet dancer just cannot afford to give up ballet for a moment. After a month without practising you are thrown back years."

(Moira Shearer, nome d'arte di Moira Shearer King, ballerina e attrice; Dunfermline, 17 gennaio 1926 – Oxford, 31 gennaio 2006)