March 17: Notable Birthdays, with Quotes
On March 17—St. Patrick’s Day—wish a Happy Birthday to four famous men.
Billy Corgan, singer and musician (March 17, 1967–present)
“The cold in London goes in your bones.” —Billy Corgan
Jonze, Tim. “Billy Corgan: ‘Nobody believes I made a three-star record. Nobody!’” The Guardian, December 18, 2014, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/18/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-interview.
“The beauty of God is that you’re always in the right place. So if you believe in the stars, and a lot of people do, then you believe that there is sort of a divine wisdom that helps guide you. It’s as cyclical as the day and the night, and we accept that without question, so why not accept that bodies that are made of 75% water would be influenced by the gravity of the stars?” —Billy Corgan
Jonze, Tim. “Billy Corgan: ‘Nobody believes I made a three-star record. Nobody!’” The Guardian, December 18, 2014, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/18/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-interview.
Rob Lowe, actor (March 17, 1964–present)
“The thing is, I like to go out as if I were an accountant, a doctor, a gas station guy. I don’t like to let my celebrity interfere with me living my life. I like to meet people, I like to talk to people. I enjoy experiencing life. Being a celebrity can really stand in the way of that.” —Rob Lowe
Interview. “Life Lessons from Rob Lowe.” Interview, March 16, 2022, https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/life-lessons-from-rob-lowe.
“Anyone who’s lived their life to the fullest extent has a scandal buried somewhere. And anybody who doesn’t have a scandal I have no interest in meeting because they haven’t lived their lives. I mean, you show me someone who’s led a perfect life and I’ll show you a dullard.” —Rob Lowe
Interview. “Life Lessons from Rob Lowe.” Interview, March 16, 2022, https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/life-lessons-from-rob-lowe.
“Kids are growing up and they don’t know the difference between fact and fiction. The line is getting blurry. I can handle it, you know, I’m a big boy. And the entertainment industry has always been crazy. But the problem is, it spills over into some very serious issues, in politics and real newsworthy stuff.” —Rob Lowe
Interview. “Life Lessons from Rob Lowe.” Interview, March 16, 2022, https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/life-lessons-from-rob-lowe.
Gary Sinise, actor (March 17, 1955–present)
“I have a lot of veterans in my family, as well, and began working with veterans many years ago back in the ‘80s and the ‘90s. And then after playing Lieutenant Dan in ‘Forrest Gump,’ I started working with our wounded and started supporting our deploying troops going to Afghanistan and Iraq.” —Gary Sinise
Deckelmeier, Joe. “Gary Sinise Interview: I Still Believe.” Screen Rant, March 12, 2020, https://screenrant.com/i-still-believe-gary-sinise-interview/.
“I spend most of my time on this service mission of the Gary Sinise Foundation. We do first responders; we supply equipment all over the country for small fire departments and police departments that have various little resources but need a lot of help because they’re serving a big community.” —Gary Sinise
Deckelmeier, Joe. “Gary Sinise Interview: I Still Believe.” Screen Rant, March 12, 2020, https://screenrant.com/i-still-believe-gary-sinise-interview/.
Kurt Russell, actor (March 17, 1951–present)
“For people like us, the marriage certificate wasn’t going to create anything that otherwise we wouldn’t have. I don’t know. 40 years isn’t enough to finally say, ‘Well I guess…’” —Kurt Russell
Jordan, Julie. “Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Never Felt the Need to Wed: ‘It’s About the Will to Stay Together.’” People, December 9, 2020, https://people.com/movies/kurt-russell-goldie-hawn-never-felt-the-need-to-wed/.
“I do very bad interviews. They look horrible in print because you can’t see my behavior, you can’t see my flippancy, you can’t see my sense of humor.” —Kurt Russell
Heath, Chris. “Kurt Russell Will Never Go Out Of Style.” GQ, September 21, 2016, https://www.gq.com/story/kurt-russell-profile.
“I grew up in a family where you did two things. You played baseball and you acted. That’s what you did. So I hadn’t grown up and said, ‘I wanna be an actor.’ I didn’t have that moment in my life.” —Kurt Russell
Heath, Chris. “Kurt Russell Will Never Go Out Of Style.” GQ, September 21, 2016, https://www.gq.com/story/kurt-russell-profile.
“It’s like television has finally gotten its tentacles completely and totally into the process of storytelling on a motion picture level. The big movies now for the most part are ones you can do six, seven, eight, nine of. It’s just television series at the movie theaters. Which is really where a lot of the movie business began, years and years ago, with Saturday morning serials.” —Kurt Russell
Heath, Chris. “Kurt Russell Will Never Go Out Of Style.” GQ, September 21, 2016, https://www.gq.com/story/kurt-russell-profile.
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