I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt.
You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle.
| Max Baucus, Politician (1941) |
| Annie Jump Cannon, Scientist (1863) |
| Elliott Carter, Composer (1908) |
| Mos Def, Musician (1973) |
| Teri Garr, Actress (1944) |
| Harold Hamm, Businessman (1945) |
| Jim Harrison, Writer (1937) |
| Jermaine Jackson, Musician (1954) |
| Stu Jackson, Coach (1955) |
| John F. Kerry, Politician (1943) |
| Bob Bartlett, Politician (1968) |
| James J. Gibson, Psychologist (1979) |
| Christian Lous Lange, Politician (1938) |

