Category: Literature

Sidney Lumet

(1924–2011) Sidney Arthur Lumet Filmography as Director: Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall     Network 1976 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden     Equus 1977 Director: Sidney Lumet…

John Gielgud

(1904–2000) Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH Filmography as Actor: Julius Caesar 1953 Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason     Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     Julius Caesar 1970…

Emily Mortimer

(1971) Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer Filmography as Actress: Elizabeth 1998 Director: Shekhar Kapur Starring: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush     Notting Hill 1999 Director: Roger Michell Starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant     Match Point 2005 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Jonathan…

David Morrissey

(1964) David Mark Morrissey Filmography as Actor: The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director: Justin Chadwick Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson   Born June 21 1964 Liverpool (England) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Producer Screenwriter

Mark Rylance

(1960) David Mark Rylance Waters Filmography as Actor: The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Director: Justin Chadwick Starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson   Born January 18 1960 Ashford (England) Occupation Actor Theatre director Occupation Playwright Writer Awards Academy Award BAFTA Awards…

Federico García Lorca: Quotations

Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) “Un muerto en España está más vivo como muerto que en ningún sitio del mundo.” (A dead man in Spain is more alive than a dead man anywhere in the world.) Poeta en Nueva York “Verte…

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Quotations

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) “To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” Crime and Punishment “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men…

William Faulkner: Quotations

William Faulkner (1897-1962) “Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.” Absalom, Absalom! “…I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire… I give it to you not that you may remember time,…

Miguel de Unamuno: Quotations

Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) “Sólo el que ensaya lo absurdo es capaz de conquistar lo imposible.” (Only he who attempts the absurd is able to conquer the impossible.) Del sentimiento trágico de la vida “La vida es duda, y la…

Molière: Quotations

Molière (1622-1673) “L’écriture ressemble à la prostitution. D’abord on écrit pour l’amour de la chose, puis pour quelques amis, et à la fin, pour de l’argent.” (Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a…