Sir Thomas Sean Connery, Academy Award winning actor grew up from humble beginnings during the depression. Born August 25, 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland he was the oldest of his two brothers. At the height of World War II, Connery then 13, dropped out of school to support his family taking any job he could get. He worked as “...a milkman, laborer, steel bender, cement mixer--virtually anything” (“Sean Connery”) he stated, during an interview Rolling Stone magazine. After working a few years during odd jobs, he tried his luck with the British Royal Navy until he was given a medical discharge after he developed a stomach ulcer. After returning home he been getting in shape and in 1953 he went to London to participate in the Mr. Universe competition, earning third place, but to Connery the most important part of the trip …show more content…
Connery was given advice on what to do by a co-star in South Pacific, Robert Henderson, who said “...as a soccer player, one is limited by age; a good actor could play challenging roles forever.” (“Sean Connery”) Following Henderson’s advice Thomas Connery continued on with the acting career and he looked up to Henderson as a mentor since he was uneducated. Starring in South Pacific gave Thomas, “a terrific sense of the importance of a lot of things I certainly would never have gotten in touch with” (“Sean Connery”) he said to Premiere. Begin that his whole name was too long for the billing of South Pacific, he acquired the name Sean Connery. After working on stage he began to take roles on British television which gained him critically acclamation and several film offers. Working on mostly B movies from 1955 to 1965, Terence Young, a director, gave Connery some advice after he asked if he would be successful. Yong advised him that he “...better keep swimming until I can get you a proper job, and I'll make up for what I did this time.” (Young) (Rampson, “Sean
He had starring roles before but none like this. According to IMDb , “A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid”. The movie was a huge success in the box office and is reguarded to be one of the Duke’s greatest movies.
Sean Taylor once said, “I think I love it so much because they talk so much trash, they think they run us. They think they own us. I’m ready. We take little things like that and it adds to our fire. Our fire will start out small, but by game time, it will be blazing and ready to go.” This quote really goes deep into my soul because it tells me not to listen to other people and to always do my best in whatever I am accomplishing.
Outside of acting, producing, and directing, John Wayne was an avid fisherman, explorer, who truly enjoyed his trips to the Pacific Northwest and Southeastern Asia. Wayne loved to play poker and liked to drink whiskey. Wayne was once quoted saying, “I never trust a man that doesn’t drink.” Many people even saw John Wayne
Edgar Cayce is known for his use of a trance state in order to gain clarity surrounding his patients physical illnesses. Under this hypnotic state, he was able to locate his subject, see their body and describe the state of their organs, circulatory and nervous systems. He would point out where the problem was at as well as the cause of the problem itself, and was able to accurately do this without ever meeting or speaking to the patient themselves. He was able to do this by connecting to the Akashic records, or what he called "The Book of Life", through this trance state. The Akashic records are a compilation of all the information for every individual on Earth, past, present, and future. Edgar talked heavily about past lives and karma, and
There is a reason that Indiana Jones does not like snakes. They are dangerous. That being said, it is rare, to be bitten by a snake and die from it; at least when compared to dying of auto accident, cancer, or heart disease. Some snakes have venom, but it is not deadly Some do not have any venom at all, but it is the way the snake wraps itself around you and tightens its grip until it kills you. Tropical areas are the best place to find a lot of these snakes. Here is my top ten list of the most dangerous snake species in the world.
is probably what made him so popular early in his career. The actor starred in many early British
Tom Cruise is an extraordinary actor. Critics and films determine and prove that he is one of the best actors to make it in the business. Cruise not only was nominated for 80 awards, he has won 29, and 4 Golden Globe awards (Wikipedia). His life style, and acting wasn’t just handed to him it was earned and hard worked like anything Tom has achieved before.
He went on to star in more than 50 films. He was a popular star of the time, and was well known in the film and industry.
William Pitt the Younger, PC (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24. He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806. He was also the Chancellor of the Exchequer throughout his premiership. Born William Pitt, he is known as "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who had previously served as Prime
Robert Downey Jr. is one of the most gifted actors of his generation, but he had a tough time finding stability in his personal life. According to Biography.com, Downey was born in New York City on April 4, 1965, and began is acting career as a young boy. Born into the business, his father was a filmmaker and his mother was an actress, he appeared in his first role when he was five years old. Downey appeared in several popular films throughout the 80's and 90's, and during this period, he was also well known in the media for his substance abuse problems. Downey received critical acclaim for his many of his performances, but at the sometime earned the reputation as a disturbed and controversial figure. Many of the stories in the media focused on Downey's personal issues and less on his acting performances. The following quote appeared in the Los
According to Van Doren “the term Renaissance man suggests a person, either a man or a woman, of many accomplishments. He or she knows more than just a little about ‘everything’, instead of knowing everything about a small part of the entire spectrum of modern knowledge” (1991). In light of this definition, it can be notably argued that no human being can really be a true Renaissance man as it is humanly impossible for anyone to obtain all or even a large part of knowledge because of the fact that it is so vast and complex in nature. However, many individuals have made and continue to make great strides in the quest for becoming universally educated and knowledgeable.
“I’m an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all.”-Tom Cruise. Tom used grit to make his dreams come true. What is grit? There are three traits to make a person “gritty”, and they are perseverance, passion and dedication. Perseverance is continued effort to achieve something, despite difficulties that may occur. Passion is a strong feeling about doing something. Dedication is sticking to a task even when it gets hard. Grit is something successful people chose to use. Tom Cruise had dyslexia while growing up. He wanted to be an actor since he was 16 years old. In 2012, he was Hollywood’s highest paid actor. Tom Cruise used perseverance, passion, and dedication to overcome obstacles
To start with Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle born May 22, 1859, in Edinburgh Scotland. The son of Charles Altamount Doyle and Mary Josephine Elizabeth Foley Doyle. The Doyle's family were upper-class Irish decedents, and deeply devoted Roman Catholics. Charles marriage to Mary Foley took place July 31,1855, the same day of the feast day of St. Ignatius incidentally, that is how Doyle acquired his second name. Furthermore, Doyle had seven sisters and one brother, however, just six siblings survived to adulthood. Subsequently, Doyle's father worked as an architect, as well as an amateur artist had the misfortune of coping with dipsomania, and depression, consequently his father's grievous ordeal with dipsomania was detrimental to the
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was most known for creating the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes he is also known for creating Professor Challenger and for making the mystery of Mary Celeste popular. Sir Conan Doyle was born May 22 1859 at 11 Picardy place in Edinburgh, Scotland. Doyle’s father died in 1893 after years of psychiatric illness. As Doyle grew up his wealthy uncle's supported him along his way as he went to Jesuit preparatory school at age nine, he went to Stonyhurst college. Later he rejected the catholic faith to become agnostic and he also became spiritualist mystic.
Born as the son of a lawyer, Sir Walter Scott had an upbringing surrounded by text. His relatives were also avid storytellers, and Scott almost hungrily listened to their stories about the Scottish border, fueling much of the subject matter for Rob Roy. Just before his second birthday, Scott was afflicted with a disease, presumably polio, that paralyzed him. Unfortunate as that was, it pushed him to focus his time and effort on more scholarly pursuits.