Amanda Schull
Born: August 26, 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
“Last year was certainly a year of record for me. Not long after being offered a place in San Francisco Ballet, which had to be one of the most exciting moments in my life, I was offered a leading role in a movie. It was amazing. In my wildest dreams, I never thought I’d be starring in a movie” – On being cast as “Jody Sawyer” in Center Stage (2000).
Dylan O’Brien
Born: August 26, 1991 in New York City, New York, USA
I feel like I’m good with girls. I understand them and am good at loving them. I’ve always felt like that’s been natural for me.
 THE INTERNSHIP2013 dir. Shawn Levy Stars: Owen Wilson Vince Vaughn |
Melissa McCarthy
Born: August 26, 1970 in Plainfield, Illinois, USA
[harsh review from a critic focusing on her weight] I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that’s someone who’s in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs.
| BRIDESMAIDS dir. Paul Feig Stars: Kristen Wiig Maya Rudolph |
 LIFE AS WE KNOW ITdir. Greg Berlanti Stars: Katherine Heigl Duhamel |
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| TAMMY 2014 dir. Ben Falcone Stars: Melissa McCarthy Susan Sarandon |
 ST. VINCENT DE VAN NUYS2014 dir. Theodore Melfi Stars: Melissa McCarthy Bill Murray |
Chris Pine
Born: August 26, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA
[2009] I’ve seen what can happen to an actor when he’s just working for the sake of working. All of a sudden it’s ten years later, your career’s happened, and you haven’t had any control. I still assume that, any day, I’m going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card.
| STRETCH 2014 dir. Joe Carnahan Stars: Chris Pine Jessica Alba |
 UNSTOPPABLEdir. Tony Scott Stars: Denzel Washington Chris Pine |
 CARRIERS2006 dir. �lex Pastor David Pastor Starring: Chris Pine Piper Perabo |
 Star Trek2009 Directed by Abrams Starring Chris Pine Zachary Quinto |
| BLIND DATING 2006 dir. James Keach Stars: Chris Pine Anjali Jay |
 Bottle Shock2008 dir. Randall Miller Cast Bill Pullman Chris Pine |
 RISE OF THE GUARDIANSdir. Peter Ramsey Stars: Hugh Jackman Alec Baldwin |
 THIS MEANS WAR dir. McG Stars: Reese Witherspoon Chris Pine |
 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS2013 dir. J.J. Abrams Stars: Chris Pine Zachary Quinto |
 JACK RYAN2013 dir. Kenneth Branagh Stars: Chris Pine Kevin Costner |
| JUST MY LUCK 2006 dir. Donald Petrie Stars: Lindsay Lohan Chris Pine |
John Savage
Born: August 25, 1949 in Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York, USA
I love plays like “Of Mice and Men.” Modern classics. They tell you so much about America, how things were. The time it’s about wasn’t all that long ago, but we often forget times, and things, we should remember.
| The Deer Hunter 1978 dir. Michael Cimino starring Robert DeNiro Meryl Streep |
 Hair1979 dir. Milos Foreman starring Savage Treat Williams |
| Do the Right Thing 1989 dir. Spike starring Danny Aielo Ossie Davis |
 The Godfather Part III1990 dir. Ford Coppola Starring Al Pacino Diane Keaton |
 ADMISSIONS2004 dir. Melissa Painter Starring Lauren Ambrose Amy Madigan |
Blair Underwood
Born: August 25, 1964 in Tacoma, Washington, USA
Married to: Desiree DaCosta (17 September 1994 – present) (3 children)
It’s so easy to sell your soul or sell out or cop out, and what it really comes down to is choices. If you have some kind of game plan, or at least a faith in your ability, it doesn’t matter if this town validates you or not because you’re already validated by your gifts. I just try to stay focused on what I have to offer.
| SOUL OF THE GAME 1996 dir. Kevin Rodney Sullivan Stars: Delroy Lindo Mykelti Williamson |
 IRONSIDE TV SHOW PILOT2013 Creators: Michael Caleo, Collier Young |
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Tom Skerritt
Born: August 25, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
It’s concentration and luck. There are many prominent people in this business who choose certain types of pictures and play a derivation of a certain character they always play so they are immediately identifiable — and they are commercially successful because of it. I have never pursued that. I just do films that I would pay five bucks to see.
| MASH 1970 dir. Altman Starring Donald Sutherland Elliot Gould |
 Harold and Maude1971 dir. Ashby starring Bud Cort Ruth Gordon |
 Alien1979 dir. Scott starring Skerritt Weaver |
 The Dead Zone1983 dir. David Cronenberg Starring Christopher Walken Brooke Adams |
 Whiteout2009 dir. Dominic Sena Starring Beckinsale Gabriel Macht |
 THE DEAD ZONE1983 dir. by David Cronenberg Stars: Christopher Walken Brooke Adams |
Ben Falcone
Born: August 25, 1973 in Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Married to: Melissa McCarthy (8 October 2005 – present) (2 children)
[re careers of his and collaborator/wife Melissa] We’re not very far removed from having to take any job that we can find, to get a job, because you want to be working. Someone sends you a script for the craziest idea ever-it could be about, like, the Abominable Snow-Woman-and you could be like, ‘I don’t know, maybe we should consider it?’
| WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING dir. Kirk Jones Stars: Cameron Diaz Matthew Morrison |
 BRIDESMAIDSdir. Paul Feig Stars: Kristen Wiig Maya Rudolph |
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Tom Hollander
Born: August 25, 1967 in Bristol, England, UK
On the purchase of his neighborhood cinema by a radical evangelical church planning ‘to redeem the arts through Christian discipleship’: It’s offensive – the arts don’t require redemption. The arts exist within a morally complicated zone, unlike an evangelical church which is morally infantile.
| ABOUT TIME 2013 dir. Richard Curtis Stars: Domhnall Gleeson Rachel McAdams |
 The Soloist2009 dir. Joe Wright Starring Downey Jr. Jamie Foxx |
 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest2006 dir. Gore Verbinski |
 HANNAdir. Joe Wright Stars: Saoirse Ronan Cate Blanchett |
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Ruby Keeler (1910–1993)
Born: August 25, 1910 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: February 28, 1993 (age 82) in Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Al Jolson was my first husband. He always used to boast that he was spoiling me for any man who might come after him. I think Al sensed that it wasn’t easy for me being married to an American institution . . . Was he right about spoiling me? I’m sorry. I couldn’t possibly say. I couldn’t be that indiscreet.
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