September 1: Notable Births, with Quotes
Explore memorable and revealing quotes from public figures, past and present, who were born on September 1.
Phil McGraw, television personality and author (September 1, 1950–present)
“It’s true that sometimes the topics can be really heavy … and it’s a totally immersive experience, so you get completely involved with the family, the story and you kind of put it on like a heavy parka.” —Phil McGraw
Ryu, Jenna. “‘Dr Phil’ turns 20: Host responds to backlash over his show ‘exploiting’ mental illness.” USA Today, September 17, 2021, https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/09/17/dr-phil-weighs-covid-vaccine-debate-addresses-shows-backlash/8338768002/.
“I’ve been so frustrated by the fact that we have politicized health care. We’ve politicized something like the vaccine. We didn’t do this when I was growing up with the polio vaccine and the smallpox vaccine. Nobody politicized that. It was just, ‘Hey, this is a threat, a disease and we have a way to fight it.’” —Phil McGraw
Ryu, Jenna. “‘Dr Phil’ turns 20: Host responds to backlash over his show ‘exploiting’ mental illness.” USA Today, September 17, 2021, https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/09/17/dr-phil-weighs-covid-vaccine-debate-addresses-shows-backlash/8338768002/.
Lily Tomlin, actor and comedian (September 1, 1939–present)
“I try to be wittier, at least, rather than just taking a cheap shot at someone. Don Rickles came to Laugh-In one year, and he hurt everybody’s feelings so bad. At first we were all laughing. But slowly, it just got closer and closer to the bone. It got very painful.” —Lily Tomlin
McClintock, Pamela. “THR Icon: Lily Tomlin on Insult Comedy, the Oscars and Her Upcoming Tom Brady Movie.” Hollywood Reporter, April 15, 2022, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/lily-tomlin-interview-jane-fonda-insult-comedy-1235128588/.
“I don’t know how well-founded this is, but as tragic as Ukraine is, you think of it as a white European country. I think of the people in Haiti and in all the countries of color where terrible things happened and not as many people responded, and it was not as widely spread in the press. There was just an embrace of the Ukrainian people and a dismissal of people of color in other countries.” —Lily Tomlin
McClintock, Pamela. “THR Icon: Lily Tomlin on Insult Comedy, the Oscars and Her Upcoming Tom Brady Movie.” Hollywood Reporter, April 15, 2022, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/lily-tomlin-interview-jane-fonda-insult-comedy-1235128588/.
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