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Born
December 12, 1915 · Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Died
May 14, 1998 · Los Angeles, California, USA (bladder cancer, and heart and kidney disease)
Birth name
Francis Albert Sinatra
Spouses
Barbara Sinatra (July 11, 1976 – May 14, 1998) (his death)
Mia Farrow (July 19, 1966 – August 16, 1968) (divorced)
Ava Gardner (November 7, 1951 – July 5, 1957) (divorced)
Nancy Barbato Sinatra (February 4, 1939 – October 29, 1951) (divorced, 3 children)
QUOTES:
[when Dean Martin walked out on The Together Again Tour] You can’t put a gun to his head. He just didn’t want to do it.
Nothing anybody’s said or written about me ever bothers me, except when it does.
[after the deaths of Sammy Davis Jr., Ava Gardner, Jilly Rizzo and Dean Martin] I’m next. I ain’t scared, either. Everybody I ever knew is already over there.
[on Elvis Presley in 1957] Sung, played and written for the most part by cretinous goons; and by means of its almost imbecilic reiterations and sly, lewd – in plain fact, dirty – lyrics it manages to be the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the Earth. This rancid-smelling aphrodisiac I deplore. His kind of music is deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac . . . it fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people.
[on Ava Gardner] I love her, and God damn me for it.
You better get busy living, because dying’s a pain in the ass.
[on Elvis Presley’s death in 1977] There have been many accolades uttered about his talent and performances through the years, all of which I agree to wholeheartedly, I shall mi
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Born
December 12, 1949 · Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
Birth name
William Francis Nighy
QUOTES:
I don’t smoke now, which is marvellous. My only addictions are caffeine and sugar.
I even wear a suit for improvisation workshops, rolling around. Well, acting’s a white-collar job, you know? You wear a suit.
I hate design which has nothing to do with function. When I first went to work and had digs, I would arrange that there was nothing in my room, just a bed and a chair. It was like a cell. And I once saw this thing on the telly where there were these two guys who lived in a minimalist house. Absolutely nothing in it, but they had a deal that if they left their shoes on the stairs in an interesting shape, and they both agreed, they could leave them there. I understand that.
There was a time when you were supposed to question everything the director said, to create some kind of conflict, out of which creativity would be born. But I love it when they tell you what to do, you know: “Start there, walk over there, say the line and I’ll shout: Cut!” I think it’s groovy. When we were filming with Stephen Poliakoff, his first note to me – he prefaced it with: “That was marvellous”, which is always a good start – anyway, his note was: “Don’t wiggle your eyes about so much,” and you know, my heart leapt. Because I know that. I know how to not make my eyes wiggle about.
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Born
December 12, 1970 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Birth name
Regina Lee Hall
QUOTES:
I believe in reincarnation. I think that’s why I’m always on some sort of spiritual quest.
I remember there was a script that I read that I loved, and my agent told me, “They went after Amy Adams, and she’s not doing it.” And I said, “I’ll do it!” And he was like, “They love you, but they’re going to Natalie Portman.” “Oh, right.” There’s always another.
Black audiences are what I’ve considered my base, and I will always make movies for that base.
I don’t want to act like in every moment of flirtation I’ve always been the victim. We know the dynamics of what is alluring to the opposite sex but also know there has to be boundaries.
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Born
December 12, 1975 · San Diego, California, USA
Birth name
Mayim Hoya Bialik
QUOTES:
As a kid, I felt really weird.
I don’t want to say everything happens for a reason but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.
A lot of stuff I wear I’ve had since high school.
Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style.
Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things – they look like they should be on the catwalk.
Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.
Breast-feeding is the natural, optimal way to feed a child.
Drama is what I did before ‘Blossom.’
I came to parenting the way most of us do – knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.
I don’t care much about conforming.
I don’t look like most women in the industry.
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Born
December 12, 1970 · Sparks, Nevada, USA
Birth name
Mädchen E. Amick
QUOTES:
I know Vikings (2013) isn’t really based in magic, but it goes back to Old World spirituality and different religions, and a lot of voodoo.
I do love that witches haven’t really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character . . . a bad female character that comes in and leaves.
I really loved The Witches of Eastwick (1987), the movie with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson and Cher.
I really like supernatural stories, but, to me, Witches of East End (2013) is really grounded. It’s not just going for the magic tricks and keeping it superficial and action-y.
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Born
December 12, 1970 · Cairo, New York, USA
Birth name
Jennifer Lynn Connelly
Spouse
Paul Bettany(January 1, 2003 – present) (2 children)
QUOTES:
[Talking about her character in A Beautiful Mind (2001)]: Alicia is the person who’s trying to ground John Nash in reality and bring him home, literally, and back to what he was. In “A Beautiful Mind”, there are scenes that were painful and scary and sad. I didn’t have to go through degradation as I did in Requiem for a Dream (2000), but there is a lot of emotional terrain in this movie. There’s a tragedy in the family and it takes a toll on each of them as they try to live with each other.
[talking about her son Kai Dugan]: We’ve already done plays together. Very short plays. He dictates them to me. Sometimes he casts me, sometimes he doesn’t. And when I’m in the play, he’ll sometimes say to me, “No Mom, you didn’t say that right!”
[on “The Ball Room Dance” scene, her favorite from Labyrinth (1986)]: I wore a beautiful silver ball gown, which was a refreshing change from the blue jeans I wore in almost every other scene. It was really a gorgeous set, with masses of huge chandeliers and thousands of flickering candles, hundreds of silken cushions and curtains, and masses of people in strange masks and ornate dresses. There was the thrill of dancing with David Bowie to one of the songs he composed especially for the film. There wasn’t enough room, for technical reasons, to really dance around properly, but we just drifted slowly and gracefully (I hope!) to David’s music, and he looked fabulous! It’s all a sort of magical fantasy sequence inside a huge bubble.
[about her son] I don’t think I would be doing this quality of work if it hadn’t been for my son. He’s changed me. He’s helped me to understand myself and find my place in the world.
[on growing up with a Catholic father and a Jewish mother] Ultimately I’m an Irish Catholic Jew. I’m riddled with guilt!
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