Happy Birthday: Ellen DeGeneres

“I look at anything in nature and how things work-the stars, the pyramids-and I can’t imagine that there’s not some kind of design to it all. There’s got to be something big that we don’t understand. I do believe in Jesus. I believe in being good to one another. Life is about spending our time here contributing and not taking away. That’s my faith.” (Redbook, January 2006)

Happy Birthday: Paul Newman (1925–2008)

[his advice to young actors just starting out] Study your craft and know who you are and what’s special about you. Find out what everyone does on a film set, ask questions and listen. Make sure you live life, which means don’t do things where you court celebrity, and give something positive back to our society.