November 18: Notable Births, with Quotes
Explore memorable and revealing quotes from public figures, past and present, who were born on November 18.
Owen Wilson, actor (November 18, 1968–present)
“My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major in college, and he got us to work on a screenplay together. And then, in working on the screenplay, he wanted my brother, Luke, and me to act in this thing. We did a short film that was kind of a first act of what became ‘Bottle Rocket.’” —Owen Wilson
Chiuri, Maria Grazia and Piccioli, Pierpaolo. “Owen Wilson.” Interview, January 15, 2016, https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/owen-wilson
“Film is definitely a director’s medium. They’re responsible for the look and everything, and you’re a part of that process as an actor, and you try to contribute to the story. But I think it might sound a little pretentious for me to say I think of myself as an artist. I think of myself as a creative person.” —Owen Wilson
Chiuri, Maria Grazia and Piccioli, Pierpaolo. “Owen Wilson.” Interview, January 15, 2016, https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/owen-wilson
Alan Shepard, astronaut (November 18, 1923–July 21, 1998)
“Now planet Earth is only four times as large as the Moon, so you can really still put your thumb and your forefinger around it at that distance. So it makes it look beautiful; it makes it look lonely; it makes it look fragile. You think to yourself, just imagine that millions of people are living on that planet and don’t realize how fragile it is. I think this is a feeling everyone has had and expressed it in one fashion or another. That was an overwhelming feeling in seeing the beauty of the planet on the one hand but the fragility of it on the other.” —Alan Shepard
Neal, Roy. “Oral History Transcript.” NASA, February 20, 1998, https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/147555main_oral_hist.pdf
“So far I’m the only person to have hit a golf ball on the Moon. Probably will be for some time. And being a golfer, I was intrigued before the flight by the fact that a ball with the same club head speed will go six times as far.” —Alan Shepard
Neal, Roy. “Oral History Transcript.” NASA, February 20, 1998, https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/147555main_oral_hist.pdf
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