“It’s funny about career choices. I had to fight to test for the Janet Leigh role in Walking My Baby Back Home. Janet couldn’t dance at the time and I could—but she was a bigger name. I also fought to get the role Piper Laurie had in Son of Ali Baba. Luckily, I lost that one. The one I didn’t want to do was Revenge of the Creature.”

— Lori Nelson

Science-Fiction was considered bottom of the barrel in those days. Of course, that’s the picture I am most remembered for. It’s very ironic!
Interview with Lori Nelson http://www.westernclippings.com/interview/lorinelson_interview.shtml

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“It’s funny about career choices. I had to fight to test for the Janet Leigh role in Walking My Baby Back Home. Janet couldn’t dance at the time and I could—but she was a bigger name. I also fought to get the role Piper Laurie had in Son of Ali Baba. Luckily, I lost that one. The one I didn’t want to do was Revenge of the Creature. Science-Fiction was considered bottom of the barrel in those days. Of course, that’s the picture I am most remembered for. It’s very ironic!”

Lori Nelson (1933) Actress, model

Interview with Lori Nelson http://www.westernclippings.com/interview/lorinelson_interview.shtml

“I came back sophomore year and decided to do some shows because I did one small play senior year of high school and I had a lot of fun. I had one line, I think. I did an audition for a show; it was experimental theater and we had a great time. For my second show, I had a great role and a great time and my aunt came to see the show. I’m doing shows just to meet folks at this point, so that I could figure out what I want to do. When she saw the show, she said, “You know what? You may want to think about this as a career! You’re really good!””

Courtney B. Vance (1960) American actor

Alumni Spotlight: Courtney B. Vance http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/10/18/alumni-spotlight-courtney-vance/, The Harvard Crimson (October 18, 2016)

“I had the evening to kill, but it didn’t want to die and fought back.”

Jack Finney book From Time to Time

Source: From Time to Time (1995), Chapter 20 (p. 212)

“My choices were to either give in and let them kill all of us or fight back with everything I had. I chose the second one, ’cause I’m just funny that way.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: The Angel Experiment

“I'm not a prude, I just want some respect (that's right)
So close the door if you want me to respond
Cause privacy is my middle name
My last name is control
No, my first name ain't baby
It's Janet — Ms. Jackson, if you're nasty”

Janet Jackson (1966) singer from the United States

Nasty
Control (1986)

“After 'Kasauti Zindagii Kay', I wanted to do something better and more challenging. There was no point doing any ordinary show. I knew the role of Viraaj was a bigger challenge. But at the same time, I was also scared of people hating me because of the negative role.”

Karanvir Bohra (1982) Indian actor

I was scared of people hating me: Karanvir Bohra http://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/jun/180612-I-was-scared-of-people-hating-me-Karanvir-Bohra.htm, June 18, 2012

“Margaret Ll. Davies writes that Janet is dying and will I write on her for The Times – a curious thought, rather: as if it mattered who wrote, or not. But this flooded me with the idea of Janet yesterday. I think writing, my writing, is a species of mediumship. I become the person.”

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer

Entry of 11 July 1937, in A Writer's Diary (1953)

“I don’t have a dream role. Every role I get is my dream role. Whatever the role… I have to commit to every time.”

David Zayas (1962) Puerto Rican actor

On being open to any acting role in “David Zayas Talks 'Shut Eye' and Acting Career” https://cinemovie.tv/Interviews/david-zayas-talks-shut-eye-and-acting-career-interview in CINEMOVIE (2016 Dec 8)

“I am going back home in one piece, which I was a little bit nervous about. It's not how I wanted it to go, but I think we've opened bigger doors and bigger conversations.”

Simone Biles (1997) American gymnast

"Olympics 2021 - Simone Biles discusses her mental health, challenges after winning bronze on beam" in ESPN (3 August 2021) https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31953744/olympics-2021-simone-biles-explains-challenges-balance-beam-final

“My wife wants a dog. She already has a baby. The baby’s almost two. My wife says that the baby wants the dog.
My wife has been wanting a dog for a long time. I have had to be the one to tell her that she couldn’t have one. But now the baby wants a dog, my wife says. This may be true. The baby is very close to my wife. They go around together all the time, clutching each other tightly. I ask the baby, who is a girl, “Whose girl are you? Are you Daddy’s girl?” The baby says, “Momma,” and she doesn’t just say it once, she says it repeatedly, “Momma momma momma.””

Donald Barthelme (1931–1989) American writer, editor, and professor

I don’t see why I should buy a hundred-dollar dog for that damn baby.
“Chablis”, opening
Forty Stories (1987)

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