The Pez Dispenser
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~ Chinese Proverb
Do not help the quick moneymakers who have delusions about taking possession of classics by smearing them with paint. ~ Frank Capra
NYC, 1959: Henry Fonda and his daughter, Jane Fonda
I look like my father. To this day, when I walk past a mirror and see my reflection in it, my first impression is: That’s my father. There is a strong Fonda look. ~ Henry Fonda
I’m not that pristine pure, I guess I’ve broken as many rules as the next feller. But I reckon my face looks honest enough and if people buy it, Hallelujah. ~ Henry Fonda
I never had the privilege of working with Miss Francis in a film. I knew Kay and Kenneth socially in the early ‘30s. Kay was lovely and very popular. She brightened many social occasions with her sparkling charm and wit. I don’t think she ever warmed up to Hollywood. I think of her as a true bon vivant. ~ Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Prosecutor: So, you’re saying that the supernatural is your exclusive province?
Peter Venkman: Kitten, I think what I’m saying, is that sometimes, shit happens, someone has to deal with it, and who ya gonna call?
My screen persona is a combination of Jack Buchanan, Noel Coward and Rex Harrison. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be, and, finally, I became that person. Or he became me.
Life’s what’s important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting’s just waiting for a custard pie. That’s all. ~ Katharine Hepburn
I’m just a hoofer with a spare set of tails. ~ Fred Astaire
Albert Finney (born 9 May 1936)
I’m not the romantic type … I’m a bit like the late, great Peter Sellers, only happy in character roles.
Photo: Tom Jones (1963)
Harry Lime: Don’t be so gloomy. After all it’s not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 - October 10, 1985)
Even if the good old days never existed, the fact that we can conceive such a world is, in fact, an affirmation of the human spirit. ~ Orson Welles
Papillon (1973)
Dega: Remember what the chicken said to the weasel?
Papillon: If he was a healthy weasel, the chicken didn’t get a chance to say anything.
Dames in the Thirties | Ginger Rogers (RKO), photo by John Miehle
You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you. You know, there’s nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It’s kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.
I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. ~ Audrey Hepburn
Dames in the Thirties | Barbara Stanwyck, A Lost Lady (First National, 1931)
Career is too pompous a word. It was a job and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing.
