LAST UPDATED: 24 Nov 2010

Almost anyone who has been famous at one time or another, is known for 'something' he/she had said during

their 15 minutes in the spot-light...

Now; I'm sure that we will all agree,

that 'some' have a shelf-life a little longer than 15 minutes,

like maybe forever!!! 

Which goes to show ya,

we all can't be famous and/or well known;

but all of us can be remembered by something

we have shared with others:

So, I dedicate this part of my personal web-site to the following individuals who have said something that

I am in either total agreement with,

or I believe should be 'highlighted' because

of the profound meaning it was meant to have,

enjoy...

Even though I'm just an everyday unknown,

I thought I would start off by including one of mine:

"Everyone has a story to tell;

its how you tell it and who you tell it to,

that really matters."

"Trust me when I woke up today I had no plans to be awesome,

but shit happens."

G.A.Kiss

'writer-wannabe'

no awards...

"I dont't think it's wise to dwell on regret. There's regret, sure.

But whatever you've done good or bad, is a part of who you are now.

Thats the thing you can change and improve."

Charlie Sheen

'actor, producer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

golden globe winner...

"I don't believe in pessimism.

If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead."

Clint Eastwood

'actor, director, producer, composer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

3 golden globes

henrietta award

irving g. thalberg memorial award

cecil b. demille award

4 academy awards...

"I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings"

Marisa Tomei

'actress, writer'

2 mtv movie awards

ofcs award

hollywood film award

sierra award

academy award...

"I don't look at scripts. I just write them."

James Cameron

'actor, cinematographer, director, editor, producer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

golden eddie

dga award

2 golden globes

5 saturn awards

2 president's award

3 academy awards...

"I do think things were meant to happen.

I'm just this little girl from Tennessee, and here I am today.

I think alot things are just out of your hands."

Reese Witherspoon

'actress, producer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

mtv movie award

3 people's choice awards

screen actors guild award

golden globe

academy award...

"Focus should be on the art of film, not on the business of film."

Winona Ryder

'actress, producer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

young artist award

blockbuster entertainment award

2 nbr awards

peter j. owens award

golden globe...

"You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the police"

Jack Nicholson

'actor, director, producer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

6 golden globes

cecil b. demille award

3 academy awards...

"I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the ass"

Marlon Brando

'actor, director'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

2 golden globes

3 herietta awards

emmy award

2 academy awards...

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expecting to give; which is everything"

Katharine Hepburn

'actress, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

2 golden apple awards

2 golden laurel awards

emmy award

lifetime acievement award/sags

4 academy awards...

"It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does,

we may well reject it."

Spencer Tracy

'actor, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

bafta film award

nbr award

golden globe

2 academy awards...

"Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun; casual relationship, than having someone pretending they're completely in love with me"

Ashley Greene

'actress'

teen choice award...

"Welcome to the Academy Awards, or as it's known at my house, Passover."

Bob Hope

'actor, producer, writer, comedian'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

lifetime achievement award in comedy

golden globe, special award

governors award

emmy award

jean hersholt humanitarian award

4 honorary awards/academy awards...

"Fame can be very disruptive. It can be like a drug. It gives you the feeling that you're happy, it gives you the feeling of self-importance, it gives you the feeling of fullfilment; but it can distract you from what is really important."

Madonna

'actress, director, producer, writer, singer'

4 ascap awards

french mrj career award

golden globe

3 grammy awards...

"I dress the way I want. I don't pretend to be somebody I'm not"

Britney Spears

'actress, producer, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

2 bmi cable awards

ultimate choice award/teen choice

5 teen choice awards

grammy award...

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today"

James Dean

'actor'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

jussi award

henrietta award

special achievement award/golden globe ...

"It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that.

To fill in the bones."

Jeremy Piven

'actor, producer, writer'

3 emmy's

golden globe...

"I would just love once to be called sexy.

Just because it would make me something other than cute."

Jennifer Love Hewitt

'acterss, director, producer, writer'

young artist award

teen choice award

blockbuster entertainment award

people's choice award

2 saturn awards...

"It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff they themselves would only view at gun point."

Stephen Gaghan

'actor, director, producer, writer'

critics choice award/bfcaa

bafta film award

wga award

emmy award

golden globe

academy award...

"I've had a very interesting life. There are ways of handling the complexities. I'm willing to take on the responsibilities as a father, as a producer, as an actor; and I enjoy that. I've always been changing and evolving and growing. There's no pinnacle of power where you can sit back and relax."

Tom Cruise

'actor, director, producer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

3 golden globes

american cinematheque award

mtv generation award

nova award...

"Lots of people want to ride with you in the Limo, but what you want is someone to take the bus with you when the Limo breaks down."

Oprah Winfrey

'actress, producer, the talk-show host'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

10 day-time emmy's

lifetime achievement award

bobe hope humanitarian award

emmy award

4 people's choice award...

"We do not fall in love with the package of the person, we fall in love with the inside of a person"

Anne Heche

'actress, director, producer, writer'

2 soap opra digest awards

nbr award

lucy award

day-time emmy award

stephen f. kolzak award...

"I've always looked at my career as an athelete would look at his. I won't play forever. Some don't know when to walk away, but the smart ones do."

Mark Wahlberg

'actor, producer, singer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

bafta tv award

blockbuster entertainment award

bsfc award

nsfc award...

"You can keep knocking me down forever, I'll keep getting up and trying"

Michelle Rodriguez

'actress, writer'

nbr award

alma award

breakthough award/gotham awards

imagen award

screen actors guild award...

"When life hands me lemons, I squeeze them into my ex-husband's lying, cheating eyeballs. But I save one; cause, you know, guacamole"

Jess

'@jezebelthegreat/twitter'

3,778 followers...

"The trouble with some women, they get all excited about nothing;

and then they marry him."

Cher

'actress, director, producer, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

people's choice award

tv land award

kcfcc award

emmy award

3 golden globes

grammy award

academy award...

"I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it.

That's every man's fear, yet his most important job"

Matt Damon

'actor, editor, producer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

american cinematheque award

critic's choice award

golden globe

academy award...

"There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen"

Bette Davis

'actress, producer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

2 golden apple awards

cecil b. demille award

emmy award

lifetme achievement award/afi

2 academy awards...

"America is to great to dream small dreams."

Ronald Reagan

40th President of the United States of America

'actor, producer, production manager'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

golden boot award

hollywood citizenship award/golden globe...

"California will not wait for our federal government to take strong action on global warming. We won't wait for the federal government. We will move forward because we know it's the right thing to do. We will lead on this issue and we will get other western states involved. I think there's not great leadership from the federal government when it comes to protecting the environment"

Arnold Schwarzenegger

'actor, director, producer, bodybuilder'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

former governor of california

13 world champion bodybuilding titles

mtv movie award

american cinematheque award

golden globe...

"If you don't take risks, you'll have a wasted soul."

Drew Barrymore

'actress, director, producer, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

actress of the year/hff

golden apple award

3 mtv movie awards

sag award

golden globe...

"Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same."

Audrey Hepburn

'actress, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

awarded the presidentual medal of freedom

3 bafta film awards

emmy award

golden globe

tony award

jean hersholt humanitarian award

academy award...

"The image is one thing, and the human being is another.

It's very hard to live up to an image."

Elvis Presley

'actor, producer, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

rock and roll hall of fame

country music hall of fame

3 golden laurel awards

3 grammy awards...

"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth"

Muhammad Ali

'actor, writer, boxer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

3 time heaveywieght boxing champion

olympic gold medalist/boxing

jim thorpe pro sports award

espy award/arther ashe award for courage...

"Always be nice to your children, because they will be the ones who choose your rest home."

Phyllis Diller

'actress, singer, comedian'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

lucy award

governers award/sdf f

golden apple award

lifetime achivement award in comedy...

"If you think hitting 40 is liberating, wait until you hit 50; and I was surprised at how liberating it was. The anticipation of something is always much worse than the reality."

Michelle Pfeiffer

'actress, producer, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

bafta film award

nyfcc award

hollywood film award

ensemble cast award/psiff

elvira notari prize...

"What I don't like are pompous, pretencious movies."

Peter Jackson

'actor, cinematographer, director, editor, producer, writer,

afi film award

3 saturn awards

2bafta film awards

golden globe

3 kcfcc awards

3 academy awards...

"Looks fade, don't get too attached."

Ashton Kutcher

'actor, producer, writer'

hollywood film award

11 teen choice awards

people's choice award...

"In Hollywood, all the marriages are happy.

It's trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems."

Shelley Winters

'actress, producer, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

2 golden laurel awards

lifetime achievement award/hff

emmy award

golden globe

2 academy awards...

"I dream for a living"

Steven Spielberg

'cinematographer, director, producer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

cannes film festival/best screenplay

american film institute life achievement award

6 day-time emmy's

3 emmy awards

2 golden globes

cecile b. demille award

irving g. thalberg memorial award

3 academy awards...

"Women don't want to be listened to. They only want to be agreed with"

Illeana Douglas

'actress, director, producer, writer'

golden satellite award...

"What does it take to be a film maker in Hollywood? Even today I still wonder what it takes to be a professional or even an artist in Hollywood. How do you survive the constant tug of war between personal expression and commercial imperatives? What is the price you pay to work in Hollywood? Do you end up with a split personality? Do you make one movie for them, one for yourself?

Martin Scorsese

'actor, director, editor, producer, writer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

2 bsfc awards

2 golden palms/cannes

cecil b. demille award

2 golden globes

4 nsfc awards

grammy award

2 kcfcc awards

academy award...

"In the silence of night, I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people."

Judy Garland

'actress, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

cecil b. demille award

golden globe

juvenile award/academy awards...

"I love writing, but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says: ' you may have fooled some of the people some of the time, but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent, I'm not your mommy; I'm a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?', and I really, really don't.

I'll go peaceable-like."

Aaron Sorkin

'actor, producer, writer'

3 humanitas prizes

4 emmy awards

golden globe

2 television producer of the year award/pgaa

nova award

wafca award

wga award

academy award...

"A hard man is good to find. Men are my life, diamonds are my career."

Mae West

'actress, writer, singer'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

golden apple award...

"Power is making a statement about who you are."

Christina Aguilera

'actress, producer, writer, singer'

juno award

2 alma awards

4 blockbuster entertainment awards

7 bmi awards

2 billboard latin music awards

4 grammy award ...

"There's nothing like turning on the radio and listening to the high-speed chase that you're leading police on."

Danny Bonaduce

'actor, producer, writer, stunts, singer, radio'

"You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed, you have knives; shit happens"

Angelina Jolie

'actress, director, producer'

2 blockbuster entertainment awards

2 people's choice awards

2 sag awards

outstanding performance award/sbiff

3 golden globes

academy award...

"I often don't think a lot about the ramifications of anything I do."

Will Ferrell

'actor, producer, writer, singer'

american comedy award

mtv award

teen choice award...

"You're just borrowing (fame). It's like money.

You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it."

Sonny Bono

'singer, composer, actor, former house of representatives'

star on the hollywood walk of fame

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***All the Legends quoted above have

won numerous awards during their careers.

I have only noted a few under

each spectacular performer...

...gakiss