"My own mother was ill late in her life and became irritable and impatient. She was very demanding and I found some elements in her for Momma. But I've never known anyone as rude and awful as Momma Lift. So I made her a composite of some of the traits I saw in women when I was younger and used to people-watch in Grand Central and Pennsylvania stations in New York. Of course it was an unflattering role, but audiences love her. And I got all my hostilities out playing the character." a proposito del suo personaggio in Getta la mamma dal treno (1987) che le valse una candidatura ai premi Oscar.

(Anne Ramsey, nata Anne Mobley, attrice; Omaha, 1º settembre 1929 – Los Angeles, 11 agosto 1988)

 

"No matter what happens, we couldn't let people say Asian-American actors can't act. Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes -- waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain."

 (Mako, pseudonimo di Makoto Iwamatsu, attore; Kōbe, 10 dicembre 1933 – Somis, 21 luglio 2006)

"I didn't think then, and I still don't, that I was actually sick."

(Frances Elena Farmer, inquieta e ribelle star di Hollywood con la vita rovinata da ripetuti ricoveri in ospedali psichiatrici; Seattle, 19 settembre 1913 – Indianapolis, 1º agosto 1970)