John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. He rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol.
Depp has taken on the task of challenging himself to portray "larger-than-life" roles, starting with a supporting role in Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film Platoon in 1986, then playing the title character in the romantic dark fantasy Edward Scissorhands (1990). He later found box office success in the fantasy adventure film Sleepy Hollow (1999), the fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and its sequels, the fantasy film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010) and voicing the title character in the animated action comedy western Rango (2011). He has collaborated on nine films with director, producer, and friend Tim Burton.
Depp is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars. He has gained worldwide critical acclaim for his portrayals of such people as screenwriter-director Ed Wood in Ed Wood, undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco, "gonzo" journalist Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, cocaine kingpin George Jung in Blow, author J. M. Barrie in Finding Neverland, the Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger in Michael Mann's Public Enemies, and the Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass. Films featuring Depp have grossed over $3.2 billion at the United States box office and over $8 billion worldwide. His most commercially successful films are the Pirates of the Caribbean films, which have grossed $3 billion; Alice in Wonderland, which grossed $1 billion; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which grossed $474 million; and The Tourist, which grossed $278 million worldwide.
Depp has been nominated for major acting awards, including three nominations for Academy Award for Best Actor. Depp won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He has been listed in the 2012 Guinness World Records as the highest paid actor, with earnings of $75 million. Depp was inducted as a Disney Legend in 2015.
Johnny Depp Quotes
https://youtu.be/FEUa9WbNFf8
Saturday 1 April 2017
Steven Spielberg (You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it!)
Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE, OMRI (born December 18, 1946) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era, as well as being viewed as one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks Studios.
In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have spanned many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films, such as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust, the transatlantic slave trade, civil rights, war, and terrorism in such films as The Color Purple (1985), Empire of the Sun (1987), Schindler's List (1993), Amistad (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and Bridge of Spies (2015). His other films include Jurassic Park (1993), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), and War of the Worlds (2005).
Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, as well as receiving five other nominations. Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion. He is also known for his long-standing associations with several actors, producers, and technicians, most notably composer John Williams, who has composed music for all but two of Spielberg's movies which are The Color Purple and Bridge of Spies.
Steven Spielberg Quotes
https://youtu.be/vn1Tpbg5nGA
In a career spanning more than four decades, Spielberg's films have spanned many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films, such as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing humanistic issues such as the Holocaust, the transatlantic slave trade, civil rights, war, and terrorism in such films as The Color Purple (1985), Empire of the Sun (1987), Schindler's List (1993), Amistad (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Munich (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and Bridge of Spies (2015). His other films include Jurassic Park (1993), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), and War of the Worlds (2005).
Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan, as well as receiving five other nominations. Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park—achieved box office records, originated and came to epitomize the blockbuster film. The unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $9 billion worldwide, making him the highest-grossing director in history. His personal net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion. He is also known for his long-standing associations with several actors, producers, and technicians, most notably composer John Williams, who has composed music for all but two of Spielberg's movies which are The Color Purple and Bridge of Spies.
Steven Spielberg Quotes
https://youtu.be/vn1Tpbg5nGA
Dalai Lama (Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more m...
The Dalai Lama is a monk of the Gelug or "Yellow
Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest of the schools of Tibetan
Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin
Gyatso.
Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest of the schools of Tibetan
Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa. The 14th and current Dalai Lama is Tenzin
Gyatso.
The Dalai Lama was an important figure of the Gelug
tradition. Although finding dominance in Central Tibet, the Dalai Lama was an
important figure beyond sectarian boundaries. The Dalai Lama figure was
important for many reasons. He was a symbol of unification of the state of
Tibet, where he represented Buddhist values and traditions.
tradition. Although finding dominance in Central Tibet, the Dalai Lama was an
important figure beyond sectarian boundaries. The Dalai Lama figure was
important for many reasons. He was a symbol of unification of the state of
Tibet, where he represented Buddhist values and traditions.
The Dalai Lama is considered to be the successor in a line
of tulkus who are believed to be incarnations of Avalokiteśvara, the
Bodhisattva of Compassion, called Chenrezig in Tibetan. The name is a
combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning "ocean" (coming from
Mongolian title Dalaiyin qan or Dalaiin khan, translated as 'Gyatso' in
Tibetan) and the Tibetan word (bla-ma) meaning "guru, teacher,
mentor". The Tibetan word "lama" corresponds to the better known
Sanskrit word "guru".
of tulkus who are believed to be incarnations of Avalokiteśvara, the
Bodhisattva of Compassion, called Chenrezig in Tibetan. The name is a
combination of the Mongolic word dalai meaning "ocean" (coming from
Mongolian title Dalaiyin qan or Dalaiin khan, translated as 'Gyatso' in
Tibetan) and the Tibetan word (bla-ma) meaning "guru, teacher,
mentor". The Tibetan word "lama" corresponds to the better known
Sanskrit word "guru".
Dalai Lama Quotes
https://youtu.be/-DXYQeJRby4
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